
Insights
Videos, articles, & advice from Kirk and his network, to help successful founders find better outcomes.
What are Transaction Advisory Services (TAS)?
It's all about helping founders sell their businesses smoothly and get the best value for it. It involves planning, executing strategies, and getting expert guidance throughout the entire process. TAS covers everything from preparing for the sale to planning after the sale, making it crucial for anyone wanting to sell their business effectively while reducing risks.
Guest Podcast By BRYAN TAYLOR and PAT LINDEN at The Biz Mafia: The Intricacies of Business Sales with Kirk Michie
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M&A Insight: Seller's Discretionary Earnings
Are you considering selling your business but unsure whether an asset purchase or a stock purchase is the right path for you? Understanding these options is critical, as they significantly impact both the financial outcome of the transaction and the responsibilities transferred to the buyer.
What Ever Happened to SPACs?
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.
M&A Update: Market & Buyer Types
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.
Alert: Beware of Opportunistic Buyers
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.
Leverage in M&A Deals: The Importance of Multiple Buyers
Without multiple interested parties, you're stuck being a terms taker instead of a terms maker. But fear not! There's hope on the horizon.
Software Business Exits with Candor Advisors
Do terms like ARR, NRR, and logo retention ring a bell? Candor Advisors is your go-to partner for software business exits.
The Difference Between EBIT and EBITDA
In the financial landscape, two key metrics often stand at the forefront of business valuation and analysis: EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization)
Understanding Ownership When Selling a Business: “Cap Table” & Corporate Documents
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.
Stock Purchase vs. Asset Purchase
When navigating the complex world of business sales and acquisitions, understanding the distinction between a stock purchase and an asset purchase is crucial.
Taxes and Selling Your Business: What You Need to Know
Thinking of selling your business and wondering how you'll be taxed? While we're not accountants we've done a lot of deals and seen plenty of good (and bad!) planning.
Selling Your Business Using Debt or Loans
How businesses can be sold through innovative debt structures.
Selling a Business with Loans or Debt
By understanding the implications of debt on the sale process, sellers can navigate negotiations more effectively and maximize the value of their businesses.
The M&A Advantage: Why Your Lawyer's Expertise Matters
Discover the intricacies of selecting the right legal counsel for your mergers and acquisitions endeavors.
Confidentiality: Why This is Key in All M&A Transactions
As a founder, thinking about selling your business, understanding the importance of safeguarding sensitive information is paramount. In the video we highlight the indispensable role of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality agreements in protecting a company's strategic assets.
IOI vs LOI: What’s the Difference?
Are you a business owner contemplating selling your company? If so, you've likely encountered terms like Indication of Interest (IOI) and Letter of Intent (LOI) during discussions with potential buyers. Understanding the disparity between these terms is crucial for navigating the sales process effectively.
Guiding Your Sale: Structure & Non-Cash Payments
Turn the tables on buyers views on these terms by making sure they know that you have plenty of belief in the future of your company but maybe you're not willing to let your net worth depend on their ability to run it!
Strategic Exits: Options for Selling Your Small Business
Have you been told you have a nice "lifestyle" business by some glib deal world type? To heck with those guys, you have more options. Maybe lots of them! Give us a few minutes and we might make or save you Millions. Maybe More!
Navigating Change: Seller Expectations
Founders who are thinking about selling their business need to be aware of their own expectations.
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