Buying and Selling Businesses : Including Forms, Formulas, and Industry Secrets

Buying and Selling Businesses M&A mania is back! U.S. business sales are booming once again—some say annual volume now exceeds $400 billion. With the majority of these sales involving businesses priced below $1 million, opportunities abound for professionals who want to expand their practices to intermediary services for buyers and sellers of businesses. But if you’re going to enter this hyperactive market, you can’t afford to learn by trial and error. You need reliable, up to date information on how to apply your skills to this highly specialized field. Buying and Selling Businesses takes the guesswork out of buying, selling, and valuing businesses. Drawing on highly developed skills and decades of practical experience. author William W. Bumstead explains every detail of every stage in the process—from arriving at an asking price to matching buyers to businesses, from negotiating a purchase agreement to closing the deal. He offers countless tips on marketing intermediary services to business buyers and sellers; packaging businesses for the selling process; ethical, legal, and confidentiality issues; and the personal and professional traits that make for success in the field. He also provides:A special section on business valuation by master valuer George D. AbrahamNumerous checklists, forms, form letters, and telephone scripts for marketing intermediary servicesInvaluable tips on avoiding pitfalls in the industryInformation on potential certification and licensing of intermediariesAn extensive professional glossary and industry resource listFor consultants, intermediaries, attorneys, CPAs, realtors, and other professionals, Buying and Selling Businesses is an indispensable guide and introduction to the industry. It will remain a helpful and much thumbed reference for years to come. It is also an important resource for anyone interested in buying or selling a business who needs to understand the kinds of services that professionals can provide as well as the processes involved in the sale or purchase of a business.