TEMpting: how Business Sellers and Buyers have been tempted this week…

How Saleable is Your Business?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

[If any of the following tickle your fancy, please contact me by emailing sell@theentrepreneurialmother.com letting me know which one it is…]

BS9 = Specialist Leadership and Talent Management Provider

Completed Sellability Score.
Looking to a 2013-14 kick off, getting all ducks in a row in the meantime.
*
BS14 Leading Book Supplier
Completed Sellability Score
Financials received, more to come. Currently going through refinancing dramas!
*

GET YOUR SCORE…

*

BS19 Leading Wedding Services Provider
1st meeting had, waiting on Stage 2 financials – meeting to be set
*
BS22 Business “Consultancy”
Completed Sellability Score
Stage 2 of process in play = Confidential Data Analysis

*
BS23 Health and Well Being Studio
engagement locked in
FOR SALE

*
BS26 Professional Services
Completed Sellability Score
“Business Planning; in Reverse!” session conducted, decision due end of July.
*
BS27 Training Services Provider
via Linked In
Stage 3 of process in play = Pricing and Proposal
*
BS28 Manufacturer
Completed Sellability Score
Stage 3 process in play – waiting on end-of-financial-year numbers
*
BS29 Accountancy
Referral, greatly appreciated. First meeting postponed to August.
*
BS30 Online Business
Completed Sellability Score
Had started down process, but stalled…now back on track. Time to go to market.
FOR SALE
*
BS32 Vending Machines
Completed Sellability Score
Looking to move interstate and looking to divest themselves of profitable business. Stage 2 of process in play = financials
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
BS33 Estate Agent looking for Broker of Online Businesses
referral, acknowledged, details passed on the client
*
BS34 Online Business
Via Webinar
Authority signed, marketing campaign good to go
FOR SALE
*
BS35 Book Binder
Completed Sellability Score
May have to sell as part of partnership split, looking for details accordingly
*
BS36 Graphic Designer
via LinkedIN
Invited to complete the Sellability Score by way of getting the process started
*
BS37 Cleaners
referral, great appreciated
!st chat determined way forward. Waiting on end-of-year financials. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
BS39 Online Business
!st chat had Monday. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
BS40 Online Giftware
1st chat completed. Stage 2 – Waiting on end-of-year financials. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
BS41 Online and Speciality Retailer
1st chat completed. Not looking to sell yet, but starting with the end in mind. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
BS40 Established Giftware
1st chat booked. Stage 2 – Waiting on end-of-year financials.
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
The “Sellability Score” reports continue to dribble in each and every week.
More calls to make as a result and more emails to send 🙂
Onwards and Upwards!

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TEMpting: how Business Sellers and Buyers have been tempted this week…

How Saleable is Your Business?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

[If any of the following tickle your fancy, please contact me by emailing sell@theentrepreneurialmother.com letting me know which one it is…]

 BS9 = Specialist Leadership and Talent Management Provider

Completed Sellability Score.
Looking to a 2013-14 kick off, getting all ducks in a row in the meantime.
*
BS14 Leading Book Supplier
Completed Sellability Score
Financials received, more to come. Currently going through refinancing dramas!
*

GET YOUR SCORE…

*

BS19 Leading Wedding Services Provider
1st meeting had, waiting on Stage 2 financials – meeting to be set
*
BS22 Business “Consultancy”
Completed Sellability Score
Stage 2 of process in play = Confidential Data Analysis

*
BS23 Health and Well Being Studio
engagement locked in
FOR SALE

*
BS26 Professional Services
Completed Sellability Score
“Business Planning; in Reverse!” session conducted, decision due end of July.
*
BS27 Training Services Provider
via Linked In
Stage 3 of process in play = Pricing and Proposal
*
BS28 Manufacturer
Completed Sellability Score
Stage 3 process in play – waiting on end-of-financial-year numbers
*
BS29 Accountancy
Referral, greatly appreciated. First meeting postponed to August.
*
BS30 Online Business
Completed Sellability Score
Had started down process, but stalled…now back on track. Time to go to market.
*
BS32 Vending Machines
Completed Sellability Score
Looking to move interstate and looking to divest themselves of profitable business. Stage 2 of process in play = financials
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
BS33 Estate Agent looking for Broker of Online Businesses
referral, acknowledged, details passed on the client
*
BS34 Online Business
Via Webinar
Authority signed, marketing campaign good to go
*
BS35 Book Binder
Completed Sellability Score
May have to sell as part of partnership split, looking for details accordingly
*
BS36 Graphic Designer
via LinkedIN
Invited to complete the Sellability Score by way of getting the process started
*
BS37 Cleaners
referral, great appreciated
!st chat determined way forward. Waiting on end-of-year financials. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
BS39 Online Business
!st chat had Monday. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
BS40 Online Giftware
1st chat completed. Stage 2 – Waiting on end-of-year financials. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
BS41 Online and Speciality Retailer
1st chat completed. Not looking to sell yet, but starting with the end in mind. Invited to complete Sellability Score
*
GET YOUR SCORE…
*
The “Sellability Score” reports continue to dribble in each and every week.
More calls to make as a result and more emails to send 🙂
Onwards and Upwards!

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when the time is right, it’s right…

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Yesterday, I had a call from a Business Owner who had had enough and wanted to get out. 21 years in business but now was the time to go… why?

  • Husband had suffered a stroke
  • parent had cracked the 90’s and was in need of care
  • they would have had 4 jobs in that timeframe
  • the Business Owner was no spring chicken herself
  • it all oiled down to being ready to sell up shop, take whatever they can and live happily ever after!

    Today, I received another call of a similar ilk.
    And yet another who had thought they’d sell but decided to just close up instead.

  • Is it about the Business Sale Tsunami, that many pundits have been predicting, being upon us?
  • Is it about appreciating family while you still have them?
  • Is it about Lifestyle choice?
  • Is it about just not wanting to DO it any more?
  • All of the above and more I expect..

    Needless to say, when going through this mind-game stuff, being the person confided in (and not having a vested interest), is such a a privilege. Assisting in the decision making process is not only personally satisfying, as I know it does good as it also provides a solution to a genuine need in our community. I must say I’m most pleased to be able to assist.

    to Sell or Not to Sell is often the question…

    Door

    Today I had a chat with a Business Owner, who had started down the process of taking her business to market.

    The Sellability Score had been completed. We were confident it would be sold and she was good to go… and then she went on a holiday. Today’s conversation was all about closing the doors instead.

    Why?

    Because she no longer had the stomach for the business, literally.

    Given the nature of its structure, some form of “earn out” was on the cards. However the thought of hanging around any longer, post holiday, was almost making her physically sick.

    To have such a reaction, the decision to close the doors, as at the end of the financial year, was an easy one to make.  If you cannot literally go into the office, then it’s time to get out. Even if others may not necessarily want that as the outcome!

    To her credit, she is the first to recognise that had she gone down the path, when still “in-love” with her business, then off to market we would have gone. As much as she was confident in our abilities to sell it, the process had started way too late for it to come to fruition.

    Moral of story: if you’re starting to think about getting out in the future, start the process now. Not to take it to market but to understand how Saleable your business is and then what to do about it when the time comes.

    Start with the End in Mind today, regardless of how old your business is, is a mantra you should be following…

     

     

    TEMpting: how Business Sellers and Buyers have been tempted this week…

    What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

    [If any of the following tickle your fancy, please contact me by emailing sell@theentrepreneurialmother.com letting me know which one it is…]

     BS9 = Specialist Leadership and Talent Management Provider

    Completed Sellability Score.
    Looking to a 2013-14 kick off, getting all ducks in a row in the meantime.
    *
    BS14 Leading Book Supplier
    Completed Sellability Score
    Financials received, more to come. Currently going through refinancing dramas!
    *

    GET YOUR SCORE…

    *

    BS19 Leading Wedding Services Provider
    1st meeting had, waiting on Stage 2 financials – meeting to be set
    *
    BS22 Business “Consultancy”
    Completed Sellability Score
    Stage 2 of process in play = Confidential Data Analysis

    *
    BS23 Health and Well Being Studio
    engagement locked in
    FOR SALE

    *
    BS26 Professional Services
    Completed Sellability Score
    “Business Planning; in Reverse!” session conducted, decision due end of July.
    *
    BS27 Training Services Provider
    via Linked In
    Stage 3 of process in play = Pricing and Proposal
    *
    BS28 Manufacturer
    Completed Sellability Score
    Referral, greatly appreciated. Stage 1 and 2 of process in play = 1st meeting June 25 and financials requested
    *
    BS29 Accountancy
    Referral, greatly appreciated. First meeting postponed to August.
    *
    BS30 Online Business
    Completed Sellability Score
    Had started down process, but stalled…now back on track
    *
    BS31 Pub and Restaurant
    Referral, greatly appreciated. 20% minority shareholder who is desperate to get over. Discussed options…
    *
    BS32 Vending Machines
    Completed Sellability Score
    Looking to move interstate and looking to divest themselves of profitable business. Stage 1 of process in play = 1st meeting
    *
    GET YOUR SCORE…
    *
    BS33 Estate Agent looking for Broker of Online Businesses
    referral, greatly appreciated…waiting on best time to chat
    *
    BS34 Online Business
    Via Webinar
    Authority to be signed next week, marketing campaign good to go
    *
    BS35 Book Binder
    Completed Sellability Score
    May have to sell as part of divorce proceedings, looking for details accordingly
    *
    BS36 Graphic Designer
    via LinkedIN
    Invited to complete the Sellability Score by way of getting the process started
    *
    GET YOUR SCORE…
    *
    The “Sellability Score” reports continue to dribble in each and every week.
    More calls to make as a result and more emails to send 🙂
    Onwards and Upwards!

     

    TEMpting: how Business Sellers and Buyers have been tempted this week…

    What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

    [If any of the following tickle your fancy, please contact me by emailing sell@theentrepreneurialmother.com letting me know which one it is…]

     BS9 = Specialist Leadership and Talent Management Provider

    Completed Sellability Score.
    Looking to a 2013-14 kick off, getting all ducks in a row in the meantime.
    *
    BS14 Leading Book Supplier
    Completed Sellability Score
    Financials received, more to come. Currently going through refinancing dramas!
    *

    GET YOUR SCORE…

    *

    BS19 Leading Wedding Services Provider
    1st meeting had, waiting on Stage 2 financials – meeting to be set
    *
    BS22 Business “Consultancy”
    Completed Sellability Score
    Stage 2 of process in play = Confidential Data Analysis

    *
    BS23 Health and Well Being Studio
    engagement locked in
    FOR SALE

    *
    BS26 Professional Services
    Completed Sellability Score
    “Business Planning; in Reverse!” session conducted, decision due end of July.
    *
    BS27 Training Services Provider
    via Linked In
    Stage 3 of process in play = Pricing and Proposal
    *
    BS28 Manufacturer
    Completed Sellability Score
    Referral, greatly appreciated. Stage 1 and 2 of process in play = 1st meeting June 20 and financials requested
    *
    BS29 Accountancy
    Referral, greatly appreciated. First meeting postponed to August.
    *
    BS30 Online Business
    Completed Sellability Score
    Had started down process, but stalled…now back on track
    *
    BS31 Pub and Restaurant
    Referral, greatly appreciated. 20% minority shareholder who is desperate to get over. Discussed options…
    *
    BS32 Vending Machines
    Completed Sellability Score
    Looking to move interstate and looking to divest themselves of profitable business. Stage 1 of process in play = 1st meeting
    *
    GET YOUR SCORE…
    *
    The “Sellability Score” reports continue to dribble in each and every week.
    More calls to make as a result and more emails to send 🙂
    Onwards and Upwards!

     

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