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Why Is Your Brand So Damn Important

June 25, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Ray Kroc : It’s not just the system, Dick. It’s the name. That glorious name, McDonald’s. It could be, anything you want it to be… it’s limitless, it’s wide open… it sounds, uh… it sounds like… it sounds like America. That’s compared to Kroc. What a crock. What a load of crock. Would you eat at a place named Kroc’s? Kroc’s has that blunt, Slavic sound. Kroc’s. But McDonald’s, oh boy. That’s a beauty. A guy named McDonald? He’s never gonna get pushed around in life.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Franchises, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: #franchise, branding, emotion, hershey, kroc, recognition, smallbusiness, Transworld

As A Seller You Need To Know Where The Money Is Coming From

June 23, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Debt Financing: Private equity firms may leverage the assets of the target company to secure debt financing for transactions. This can involve obtaining loans from banks, issuing bonds, or utilizing other debt instruments. The debt is typically repaid using cash flows generated by the acquired company.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: coinvestment, company, debtfinancing, fundraising, generalpartner, orlando, Orlando Business Broker, orlandobusiness, privateequity, tampa

Your Brand and A National Brand…They Are Symbiotic

June 16, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Branding Matters…often times franchisees and agents and local owners see them as conflicted…quite the contrary…brand power is symbiotic when deployed correctly

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: brand, businessbroker, michaelshea, nationalbrand, personal brand, tampabusinessbroker

What is Section 338(h)and how can it help sellers and buyers get a deal done?

June 16, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Section 338(h)(10) allows a purchasing corporation to elect to treat the acquisition of another corporation as a deemed asset purchase for tax purposes, even though it may legally be structured as a stock purchase. This means that the purchasing corporation can treat the transaction as if it had acquired the assets of the target corporation, resulting in potential tax benefits such as stepped-up basis in the assets and the ability to deduct any resulting goodwill or intangible asset amortization.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: businessbroker, exitplanning, IRS, michaelshea, selling, stocksale, tampabusinessbroker, taxcode

A Decent Explanation of Working Capital in Transactions

June 13, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Working Capital is a key component of every M&A transaction so it is important to understand what role it will play in the sale of your company. First, let’s start with how transactions are typically structured: Transaction Structure Most acquisitions of mid-sized companies are structured on a Cash Free / Debt Free basis with a […]

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: business, cpa, spa, Transworld, working capital

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