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Confidentiality is Vitally Important When Selling a Business

During a successful business transfer, confidentiality must be of paramount importance to the seller. All of the processes, recipes, formulas, contacts, and other sensitive information (the very foundation of a company’s achievements and profitability) will, at some point, need to be disclosed. This can also include knowledge that an aggressive competitor has been trying to…

How To Keep Confidentiality When Selling A Business

Confidentiality – Essential To The Sale Of Your Business

Why Confidentiality Is Key To Any Business Sale

Why Confidentiality is Paramount

One of the most critical aspects to executing a successful sale of a business is maintaining confidentiality throughout the entire process. This concept may seem obvious to some, however a breach of confidentiality can negatively affect the selling price, derail a deal altogether and cause irreputable harm to the business itself. It is for these…

Confidentiality – Essential to The Sale of Your Business

If you are thinking about selling your business, then the importance of maintaining confidentiality cannot be overstated. Along with proper valuation and preparation, discretion on the part of the seller and its team is paramount to a successful transaction. Simply stated, a breach of confidentiality can result in many unwanted outcomes including employee anxiety, management…

Why Confidentiality?

Webster’s Dictionary defines confidentiality as “secret, private; enjoying or treated with confidence.” Often times an owner looking to sell his business will say to us, I’m ready to sell my business, and I want to tell my employees, customers, and the world. STOP RIGHT THERE. We want to maintain confidentiality throughout the entire business valuation…

Is Confidentiality Even Relevant in Selling a Business?

Transactions in small to mid-sized businesses must be kept confidential. In particular, every effort must be undertaken to keep a pending sale unknown to competitors. But even the circle of employees in the need-to-know realm should be limited to an absolute minimum of the most trusted team members, if any at all. So why is…

A Breach Of Confidentiality Could Spell Disaster

Undoubtedly, maintaining confidentiality throughout the process of selling a business is one of the most important aspects of a business transaction. Some contend that confidentiality is THE most important aspect, often even exceeding the value determination. Why so? “Simply stated,” says Frank Arcoleo, Managing Director, Central Pennsylvania and New York, of A Neumann & Associates,…

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