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Digg it UP - Cashing In Your Business?
Running around to several different stores to get supplies for your business is not just a waste of time; it's a waste of money. A business owner needs a place where he or she can get all the supplies they need; supplies to help further what the business is trying to accomplish.Years ago, a business owner would go to countless stores to get the things they need to run their business efficiently. Back then a person would spend a whole day doing that by driving around aimlessly looking for a place that has exact things. One place would sell printers, but they wouldn't sell fax machines, so they would have to go find a place that sell
How would you like to see your Service Department? As a necessary but problematic resource drain or as a resource that provides a positive and healthy ROI? We think most executives would prefer the second option. In this article, we make the case that a centrally positioned service department can act as a catalyst across many other functions to improve the efficiency of your company’s product development lifecycle, while improving your profit margin as your product moves into the marketplace.By following these six steps, we show you how you can turn your service function into a more profitable resource that achieves your corporate ob
Its almost 9 PM and you've got just one more order to fill because you promised “Henry” you'd have his order ready for pick up first thing tomorrow, Henry's an old customer, a good friend and has a machine down and the part we stock will have him up and going again. But the nagging thought comes back again . . . . “after 27 years I don't need this anymore, I'm gonna sell it!”
There are many different reasons why businesses are sold. But of all the reasons, the three most popular are retirement, burn out and major illness.
When you own a business and have fought the battle over the years, the time does come when you're ready to cash in the business and turn it over to someone else. You've built your dream, watched it grow and it has taken good care of you. Finally you've talked to your family, your CPA and your attorney and decide to do it. You place your business on the market! About a year and a half later, after negotiating with two individual buyers and two corporations, you do the deal with “Pete,” the nice guy from Cincinnati. Pete seems to be a good person, has a nice family and the proper background for the business. You've structured the deal with a good down payment and have agreed to finance the balance with interest over a seven year period. Sweet deal, right? Well, maybe.
After working with hundreds of business owners over twenty plus years and hearing all their stories, one precaution comes shining through the excitement of a sale! If owner financing is going to be a part of the deal . . . be very careful! It might come back to sting you. Especially if you plan to retire after the sale.
Typical “Sell The Business Scenario”
Here's why. Take the case of an owner we'll call Jack Stokes. Jack had his tire business for almost 30 years. He and his wife are in their 60's and both are in good health. They have two sons and a daughter that are grown and gone. The daughter teaches, the older son is an attorney in a nearby town and the younger son is finishing up his accounting degree. He wants to be a CPA with his own practice. None of his kids want anything to do with tires or the business. Selling tires isn't easy. The kids grew up in the
Yesterday, Singapore’s exchange market was rife with speculation about a possible merger of the two land transport giants: ComfortDelGro and SMRT. As a result, their share prices skyrocketed between 5.9% and 6.6% at closing.ComfortDelGro is the “world’s second largest public listed land transport company with a fleet of more than 40,000 vehicles”. It is the parent company for Comfort and SBS Transit which are the market leaders in taxi and bus industry in Singapore respectively. SMRT, the market leader for train services, is a multi-modal public transport company offering train, bus and taxi services, as well as expertise in consulta
When you own a business and have fought the battle over the years, the time does come when you're ready to cash in the business and turn it over to someone else. You've built your dream, watched it grow and it has taken good care of you. Finally you've talked to your family, your CPA and your attorney and decide to do it. You place your business on the market! About a year and a half later, after negotiating with two individual buyers and two corporations, you do the deal with “Pete,” the nice guy from Cincinnati. Pete seems to be a good person, has a nice family and the proper background for the business. You've structured the deal with a good down payment and have agreed to finance the balance with interest over a seven year period. Sweet deal, right? Well, maybe.
After working with hundreds of business owners over twenty plus years and hearing all their stories, one precaution comes shining through the excitement of a sale! If owner financing is going to be a part of the deal . . . be very careful! It might come back to sting you. Especially if you plan to retire after the sale.
Typical “Sell The Business Scenario”
Here's why. Take the case of an owner we'll call Jack Stokes. Jack had his tire business for almost 30 years. He and his wife are in their 60's and both are in good health. They have two sons and a daughter that are grown and gone. The daughter teaches, the older son is an attorney in a nearby town and the younger son is finishing up his accounting degree. He wants to be a CPA with his own practice. None of his kids want anything to do with tires or the business. Selling tires isn't easy. The kids grew up in th
The discussion with your client on how they want to handle the process will be after you have completed your work. For smaller clients you may actually print the bills, mall them, collect the payments and make the deposits. Although the most common means of payment process is lock box. Small clients may not want the expense of this service. For these clients you should create a spreadsheet in excel or in real time so they can post their payments when they come in mail. You may have clients who will prefer you do only the billing for them and they handle receiving and posting the payments. If you have a client who prefers you manually proces
After working with hundreds of business owners over twenty plus years and hearing all their stories, one precaution comes shining through the excitement of a sale! If owner financing is going to be a part of the deal . . . be very careful! It might come back to sting you. Especially if you plan to retire after the sale.
Typical “Sell The Business Scenario”
Here's why. Take the case of an owner we'll call Jack Stokes. Jack had his tire business for almost 30 years. He and his wife are in their 60's and both are in good health. They have two sons and a daughter that are grown and gone. The daughter teaches, the older son is an attorney in a nearby town and the younger son is finishing up his accounting degree. He wants to be a CPA with his own practice. None of his kids want anything to do with tires or the business. Selling tires isn't easy. The kids grew up in th
The previous Sangaraja, the Supreme Patriarch of the monastic order (of Thailand), once went on a tour of China, where someone offered him a very beautiful teacup. It was unlike anything he'd ever seen. He thought, "Oh! The people here have real faith in me, to offer me this beautiful teacup!" And as soon as the teacup was in his hand, immediately he was suffering. Where should I put it? Where is safe to keep it? He couldn't stop worrying it would break.Before he had that teacup, he was fine. Once he had it, he wanted to show it off to the people back home in Thailand. He put it in his bag and kept telling everyone to watch out that
After working with hundreds of business owners over twenty plus years and hearing all their stories, one precaution comes shining through the excitement of a sale! If owner financing is going to be a part of the deal . . . be very careful! It might come back to sting you. Especially if you plan to retire after the sale.
Typical “Sell The Business Scenario”
Here's why. Take the case of an owner we'll call Jack Stokes. Jack had his tire business for almost 30 years. He and his wife are in their 60's and both are in good health. They have two sons and a daughter that are grown and gone. The daughter teaches, the older son is an attorney in a nearby town and the younger son is finishing up his accounting degree. He wants to be a CPA with his own practice. None of his kids want anything to do with tires or the business. Selling tires isn't easy. The kids grew up in th
Using an online registration system to register attendees for your next event can significantly diminish your workload and increase attendance, but automated follow-up by email is essential for the success of your event. In fact, there are two different (yet still very important) ways to use it:1. To send out automatic confirmations to newly registered attendees.2. To send out reminder emails to registrants as the date of the event approaches.Automated confirmation emails will build confidence with your registrants. They'll know instantly that they are “IN” and confirmed for the event. It’s one less thing for them to ha
A beautiful picture but let's look at reality. Jack's deal with Pete from Cincinnati is based on a 30% down payment and there could be some major problems down the road. Let's see why.
Details Of The Deal
After lengthy negotiating, the final price for the business was $380,000. The price included the building and land, shop and office equipment, all 4 vehicles and the complete inventory. Pete will provide a down payment of $125,000, leaving a balance to be financed (by owner Jack) over seven years at 10% interest. The owner was not looking for an “all cash” deal in view of tax implications. After calculating the finance balance of $255,000, the monthly payment for the new owner comes to $4,233. And that monthly payment doesn't seem that bad since tire sales and shop service have been steady and growing.
How Sellers Get Hurt
But . . . what if something goes amiss, say, 2 _ years into the payback period of the seller's loan? Like an economic or regional downturn, or losing one or more of the business's name brand tire lines, or one or two key shop people? These are problems that can have a direct bearing on cash flow and the ability of the new owner to service the debt. And if after several months of missing some or all of the loan payments and the loan goes into default, guess what? The original owner, Jack, may get the business back. And Jack most likely will not want
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