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Home Seller Articles Do You Really Want to Sell Your Company?
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Do You Really Want to Sell Your Company?

Deal Studio June 27, 2012 0 Comments

Sellers have to ask this question and give it serious thought prior to making the decision to sell. In too many instances, sellers get to the proverbial altar and then back down the aisle. In most cases, this happens because the seller’s decision to sell has not been considered carefully enough.

There are the obvious event-driven reasons such as failing health, partnership, marital issues or because the business is going downhill. In cases such as these, business owners generally don’t have a lot of options. Selling the company is the easiest and most obvious one.

In too many other cases, the owner claims retirement, “burn-out,” or some other reason, none of which is necessarily a permanent state of things. Take the example of the owner of a company who is also the founder, and after a lot of hard work and probably years of financial hardship on his part, the company is now quite successful. It is, as they say, the owner’s “baby.” The first question that needs to be asked is: Do I really want to sell? The second question is: If so, why? And the third is:  What am I going to do after the company is sold? These questions involve not only business decisions, but important emotional issues as well.

Attempts to formulate answers should not be made until the owner has discussed these questions with family and personal professional advisors. There are books on exit strategies and consulting firms that deal with these issues. A professional business intermediary is also someone that has experience in this area and can provide a good idea of current pricing issues and market conditions.

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