Selling a business takes careful preparation, the ability to reach an optimum number of qualified buyers and still maintain confidentiality, and the ability to handle a complex transaction.  Most business owners have developed a lot of expertise at running their…

Introduction Recently, The Center dealt with a situation where a corporation was keeping insufficient records.  While this may sound like a no-harm, no-foul prospect, having little or no records in this case became a dire situation.  In fact, the court…

Many professional M&A advisors display one or more professional designations behind their name, or in their signature block, in addition to the abbreviations for the college degrees they may have earned.  While some college degrees are familiar to many business…

Introduction If you live in the U.S. you are well aware of the economic situation.  According to The Beige Book, published by The Federal Reserve, nearly every sector of industry and agriculture and every geographical region of the country is…

This is the fourth in a series of articles outlining the steps any business owner can take to maximize the value of his/her business when it comes time to sell.  If you’d like to see previous articles in this series,…