As a Business Intermediary, this aspect of the process can be the most challenging. For a business owner, the business is usually the most valuable and important asset they own, not to mention the business owner is emotionally attached to…
The article, Mistakes to Avoid When Working With Buyers & Sellers, takes into account your team consisting of your Broker, Business Attorney, and CPA Accountant. The Buyer and Seller should also have some knowledge of the process and factors involved…
There is some real contrast with the phrase “need for change and the need for stability”. Business owners are fighting this dichotomy daily with decisions, strategies and personnel choices they make to survive in their industries. With change or with…
To successfully sell a transportation business, you should be educated in the process. You should also surround yourself with a team of experts, including a professional business broker or agents, which help guide you along the way. There are many…
The article, Why Your Business Shouldn’t Need You, has some very good information for business owners, no matter what industry you are in, that could find beneficial. As a Business Intermediary I cross paths with many business owners who are…
The term is used freely throughout the business community. Owners, managers, supervisors and business leaders need to be accountable for their actions and want their employees to be accountable for their actions as well. I read this poem written by…
Mike Van, Business Intermediary Some key takeaways from the article I picked out Be watchful of burnout How extensive is your role in the business – If you do not know, please review and see if you are the business…
What does “ Variable Time” mean to you as a business owner and would you take this time factor into account if you understood it more? We all have heard the lines “Anything that costs you time, costs you money”…
Mike Van, Business Intermediary – Valuing your business is a key part of the exit process, but it can also be a helpful exercise for owners seeking to determine what their business is worth in today’s market. It is important…
Mike Van, Business Intermediary What does “Variable Time” mean to you as a business owner, and would you take this time factor into account if you understood it more? We all have heard the lines, “Anything that costs you time,…
Mike Van, Business Intermediary You would think that finding employees with knowledge and skills would be the number one concern when hiring in 2017. As many of us are finding out in the micro to small sized business those facts…
Mike Van, Business Intermediary Have we become a society and for that matter a work place so accustomed to receiving and in some cases expecting recognition even for the smallest of tasks? If this is true, our ancestors are turning…