Often acquisitions fall apart within 24 hours before the close. And the lack of a comprehensive integration plan can spell disaster for the newly combined organization. Acquisitions are a great way to achieve cost advantages, grow revenues rapidly, acquire sets of skills and technology or a strategic strategy to promote growth. But there are three things...
NCI Inc., a Plymouth based scientific distributor of medical microscopes, has purchased Kruge Air, a Twin Cities based distributors of major air compressor brands, for $1.2 million, in an effort to diversify its product base. The sale was facilitated by Sunbelt Business Brokers-Midwest and brokers Matt Schroeder, Mike Wheelock and Nacia Dahl. These brokers bridged the...
Did you know that 9 out of 10 people who decide to buy a business never follow through. Why? Because they simply do not realize how much work is involved. Buying an existing business can be just as grueling as starting from scratch. Sometimes even more so, since you’re dealing with a seller looking for...
Working capital is just what it says – it is the money you have to work with to meet your short-term needs. It is important because it is a measure of a company’s ability to pay off short-term expenses or debts. But on the other hand, too much working capital means that some assets are...
Most business owners wait until they are forced to monetarily value their business – the need to sell or raise capital; a shareholder demands a full payout; or the company is passing hands within the family. But there are benefits to obtaining valuation prior to a sudden need: Sudden death of a partner, death of...
Among the many services offered to sellers by Sunbelt Business Brokers-Midwest are Business Pricing Reports to be used in a private third-party sale. These sales typically do not make use of a broker to facilitate finding a buyer, since the business owner has someone in mind – either a non-related buyer, partnership dissolution, or an...
BizBuySell.com says second quarter 2016 Insight Report shows the small business sales market stabilizing at high activity levels; median time a business is on the market is about six months. A total of 1,935 business sales closed during the second quarter of 2016, bringing the year-to-date total to 3.775, slightly higher than the 3,743 sales...
Upsize Minnesota and Club Entrepreneur, along with Sunbelt Business Brokers, DS&B, Tech Guru, and Highland Bank will present a seminar for business sellers and buyers on due diligence and valuations. The event will be held at The Minneapolis Club at 11 a.m. on August 31, 2016. Attendance at this workshop will improve your chances for...
Selling a business is an obstacle course of preparing your business for sale, finding a buyer, negotiating and making it through the closing without a hitch. But you can make selling your business easier if you avoid more deal killer mistakes. 1. Not being up front about problems with the business Most buyers will do their...
