Author: Joe Oddo

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August 8, 2024

The Entrepreneur’s Toughest Decision

By Joe Oddo

You’re a successful business owner. You find yourself consumed with growing the business even during downtime. You constantly strategize how to optimize efficiency, productivity, and growth. It’s a relentless process of trial and error: hiring the right talent, bootstrapping with revenue instead of debt, and navigating the ever-present risks of economic uncertainty or geopolitical turmoil. Entrepreneurs…

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June 6, 2024

Marketability Assessment

By Joe Oddo

Working daily with entrepreneurs provides our firm with a unique window into what drives them, how these folks think and solve problems, and how they build great business enterprises. It’s fascinating to see how such folks employ sound strategies to grow their business.  As a matter of fact, the most efficient entrepreneurs have figured out…

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July 5, 2023

Top Seven Mistakes Business Sellers Make

By Joe Oddo

Have you heard that at any given time, a business owner knows precisely what his or her business is worth and sells for? This myth does not match reality. The time it takes to sell at a given value depends on factors as diverse as the industry, the size of the business, and the market…

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May 6, 2022

Seven Reasons to Use An M&A Advisor To Sell A Business

By Joe Oddo

Based on many testimonials, the decision to engage a professional to sell your business will be one of the most important investments you can make. Sellers tell us how emotional the process can become. After all, business ownership has been your life’s work. The entire process from preparation to execution becomes much less stressful with…