Why does selling feel so overwhelming? You’re not imagining it.

Still a seller’s market—for the right type of business.

The true cost of selling your company—broken down.

Will your staff survive the sale? Kirk Michie breaks down how buyers think about your team—and what you can do to protect the people who helped build your business.

Founders often feel tempted to announce a sale early. But telling customers or employees too soon can jeopardize the deal. Here’s when—and how—to share the news.

Before you sign that LOI, make sure you know what you’re really agreeing to. These deal terms can shrink your final payout if you’re not prepared.

Don’t let details slip through the cracks after the deal closes. Learn what closing deliverables matter—and how to stay ahead of them.

Cross-Border Buyers: What Every U.S. Founder Should Know Before Selling

Disclosing a pending sale to customers requires careful timing and strategy. Learn when and how to inform clients while protecting confidentiality and preserving the value of your business.

The crucial role of working capital adjustments in business sales and how they can impact the final purchase price in M&A transactions.

Selling your business is not just a financial transaction but a significant life change that requires careful consideration of your future identity and purpose.

As founders consider exiting their businesses, it's crucial to understand the landscape of potential buyers, which can broadly be categorized into strategic and financial types.

Are you the sole or primary owner of an S-Corp. or LLC? Thinking you don't have a cap table or don't even know the term? Here's a critical heads-up going into a sale -- you have to prove it with documentation.

If you're a founder and you've contemplated selling your company, then you get a call or email from a potential buyer, it could either check all the boxes and have you riding off into the sunset or it might be a big waste of time, energy, and even money. Here's a few tips to save all three!

Contemplating the sale of your company? Beware endless requests for information from financial sponsors, like private equity firms or funds. Not only does this outreach distract you from working on your business, but it is rarely fruitful and also feels like death by a thousand cuts.

If you're a founder on a path toward selling your business soon, these three minutes will help you save hundreds or thousands and maybe even millions!

Looking at the 4 most important terms to know when selling your business: Valuation, EBITDA, Structure, & Diligence. Each of these serve it’s own important purpose in the sale of a company and we’ll define them in detail.

Wondering how big your company needs to be to attract the right buyers? Will they focus on revenues or profits? Curious about the process and players? Here's a few useful guideposts.

For many founders, decision making or just plain being decisive is key to their success, but there comes a point in time in a company's life where founder impulses fall short, and processes need to take their place...and Hope is NOT a strategy!

The number one reason most founders don't sell comes down to the disparity between their expectations and the markets' realities. Understanding what you need from the transaction, finding out how that lines up with the way buyers will value your business, and being clear on your true bottom lines and the right structure can close or eliminate the gap.