Category: Entrepreneur

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January 9, 2024

RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR: SIMPLE STEPS TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE MARKETABLE

By Gary Herviou

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King With 2024 upon us, let’s think about some practical and easy first steps to take that will make your business more efficient, more profitable, and more attractive to buyers when the time comes to sell. Many times, a…

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December 7, 2023

How Do Higher Interest Rates Impact Deal Making

By Achim Neumann

Higher Interest rates generally have a negative impact on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals as most buyers finance a portion of their acquisition of target companies with debt.  In this article, we will outline some of the negative, but also positive outcomes that higher interest rates have on the lower middle M&A market. For one,…

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January 11, 2020

2020 Resolution – Prepare Now For A Sale Of Your Business

By Jeremy Albelda

You’ve worked hard over the years to build your business and you’ve made a positive impact on employees, clients and the community.  As another year begins, it may be time to turn some attention to your exit strategy.  Selling your business can be one of the most significant and complex financial transactions you will ever…

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May 8, 2017

The Top Three Mistakes Mid-Sized Business Owners Make

By Jeremy Albelda

Running a mid-sized business requires attention to many different facets, with some being more important than other ones.  “Within the course of our business, we conduct business valuations for approximately 150 to 250 companies each year across a wide spectrum of the economy,” says Achim Neumann, President, A Neumann & associates, LLC, a New Jersey…

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December 12, 2016

Too Old To Start A Business?

By Jeremy Albelda

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal caught our eye, it read “Americans in their 50s and 60s make up a growing share of entrepreneurs”. According to one study mentioned in the article, 24% of new businesses started in 2015 were founded by professionals older than 55 years, whereas that percentage was only 15%…

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June 8, 2015

The Investor Visa – A Win-Win for Everybody

By Joseph Eneldas

As it has been reported on quite a few occasions, the US lacks qualified labor in the high-tech industry. This shortage has received considerable exposure in the press and on Capitol Hill, as such industry giants like Intel, Apple and Google all are facing a shortage of labor and struggle to support their future growth…

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April 7, 2015

They Are All Big Deals – Tips for A Successful Business Acquisition

By Joseph Eneldas

If you are purchasing an existing business to add into your own, you are taking a step that involves a lot of terrific potential but also a lot of risk.  In truth, a considerable portion of company mergers fail. But there is a lot to you can do to tilt those odds more in your…

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February 5, 2013

Business Sellers Should Demand an Independent Valuation……Ahead Of Time

By Joseph Eneldas

If a small business owner wants to sell a company now or sometime within the next five years, an independent business valuation in New York City or wherever your bussiness is based is an essential first step.  If the time is now, then the appraisal serves as the basis for a potential deal structure.  Should a…

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December 2, 2012

Maximizing the Proceeds of a Business Sale: A Case Study

By Joseph Eneldas

Last month, we discussed how the top line of a transaction (the sale price), isn’t the only thing a business seller should be focusing on.  Ultimately, minimizing the tax impact will maximize the proceeds of any business sale.  Many readers of our e-newsletter were intrigued by this idea— especially intrigued that proper tax planning could…