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How to value a tutoring business

March 20, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

Add back “discretionary” expenses (like your personal car lease or home office supplies) to your net profit to find your true SDE.

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What is the difference between SDE, OB, EBIT, Net Profit, and EBITDA?

August 8, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Shea explains that DE/SDE/OB represent the free cash flow available to an owner after adjusting for non-transferable and one-time business expenses, such as personal car payments or hurricane repairs.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, exitplan, exitplanning, michaelshea, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Tampa Business Sales, tampabusinessbroker, transworldbusinessadvisors Tagged With: businessbroker, cashflow, clearwater, ebitda, education, michaelshea, tampa, tampabay, worth, youtube

What to look for when buying a online business

April 28, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Buying an online business can be a lucrative investment, but it’s important to thoroughly evaluate the opportunity before making a purchase. Here are some key things to look for when buying an online business: Revenue and profitability: Analyze the revenue and profitability of the online business. Review financial statements, tax returns, and other relevant documents […]

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Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Check Out This New Resource

May 5, 2018 by Michael Shea PA

Here at Your Florida Business Broker, we are always looking for new ways to add value to what we do.  In this busy world, it is not enough to just have a website and post information. After all, who has time to consume data only in the written form.   Recognizing that all of us are on […]

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Buy a Business, Central Florida News and Related Articles for Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Uncategorized Tagged With: #business #businessbroker #sell your business, #buyabusiness, #Planning for your future, #sellingabusiness #sellerfinance #buyingabusiness, education, live stream, podcast

The Top 5 Reasons People Sell Their Businesses

March 29, 2018 by Michael Shea PA

The Top 5 Reasons People Sell Their Business One of the very first questions a buyer asks is “Why?”  “Why are you selling your business?”  Invariably,  behind it is a mistrust or doubt driven by horror stories grounded in very little truth but it is an important question as it sets the context for how […]

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