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Business Management Tips

How does work in progress get calculated in a business sale?

March 4, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Calculating work in progress (WIP) involves determining the value of partially completed goods or services that are still in the production process. The calculation of WIP is important for determining the current value of inventory and for monitoring the efficiency of production processes.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: COSTOFMATERIAL, Transworld, transworldma, wip, workingcapital

RECAPITALIZATION: THE SECOND BITE OF THE APPLE

March 4, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

A recapitalization, also known as a “recap,” is a financial transaction that involves changing the capital structure of a company. In a recapitalization, a company typically restructures its debt and equity to improve its financial position, increase its liquidity, or achieve other strategic objectives.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: 10 questions a business seller should ask, capital, debt, divestiture, leveraged, recapitalize, sell, Transworld, transworldma

How does a earn out work in business sales?

March 3, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

The benefit of an earn-out is that it aligns the interests of the buyer and seller, and provides the seller with an opportunity to receive a higher purchase price for the business if it performs well under the buyer’s ownership. However, the downside is that the seller is taking on additional risk, as they are relying on the buyer to operate the business successfully and meet the performance targets.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: businessbroker, earn outs, Transworld

PERSONAL BRANDING IN SMALL BUSINESS

February 28, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Builds credibility and trust: A strong personal brand can establish an entrepreneur as an expert in their field and build trust with potential customers or clients. When people know and trust the entrepreneur, they are more likely to do business with them.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips

Seller Tsunami…yeah not so much

February 28, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Entrepreneurs in my experience particularly the small Main Street businesses usually have bad financial planning and quite often go all in on get rich quick things like flipping houses etc.  Risk, Hedging, diversity of portfolios all are singularly uncommon in my experience. Im not going to drill down on why but take note….2008 hit. It decimated many many Business owners who had either all their money in their business or had bought real estate which collapsed.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: financial, greatrecession, michaelshea, seller, tsunami

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