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Why Your “Profit” Isn’t Your “Value”: 5 Hard Truths From $1 Billion in Business Closings
Most “online calculators” give you a multiple of your net profit. That’s theory. In reality, we use SDE (Seller’s Discretionary Earnings).
The 12-Month Countdown: What to Do Before You Sign the Closing Docs
Selling a business is a major life transition, and the people close to you will be affected by it. Make sure your spouse or partner understands the timeline, the likely range of outcomes, and what life looks like on the other side. The sellers who navigate the process most smoothly are the ones who’ve had this conversation well before the letters of intent start arriving.
Why a Broker Who Charges Upfront Fees: It Has Already Told You Something Important
By Michael Shea | Transworld Business Advisors of Tampa Bay When you interview a business broker, you are evaluating their competence, their market reach, their track record, and their personality. Those things matter. But before any of them, there is a structural question that determines whose interests a broker is actually serving: do they […]
Cash Flow Is an Engineering Problem — And Most Small Business Owners Are Solving It Wrong
By Michael Shea | Transworld Business Advisors of Tampa Bay Most small business owners think about cash flow the wrong way. They treat it like a weather report — something to check, react to, and worry about when it looks bad. What they rarely do is engineer it. But cash flow has moving parts, and […]