TEMpting; How Business Buyers and Sellers Have Been Tempted This Week…

How Saleable is Your Business in 2014?
How Saleable do you want Your Business 2014?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

Spent much of this week working on one particular sale and continuing to explore the sale option with a number of Business Owners keen to chat.

Speaking of chatting, I caught up with a colleague of mine from the consulting game yesterday and he was saying that a number of consultants he knows are not particularly happy with the consulting path they’ve chosen, mainly because the DIY component is just too much.

But, given most of them are way too young to stop doing something  and their job prospects are not looking promising, what else are they to do? BUY A BUSINESS of course!

There is a growing sense that now is the time to buy a business, especially if looking for a capped price. The reason being is that as more quality businesses come on to the market (as they are predicted to do), the prices will rise. So if you want to talk to me about your long held wish of being a business owner, seems like now would be the time to do so…

GOT A WEBSITE FOR SALE?

I was introduced to 2 website owners this week, who are now exploring the sale option. Good sites too. If you want to do same or you’re looking to buy a website (excellent bolt-on possibilities), please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au

And you…what does 2014 bring?
If any of the following tickle your fancy, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au, letting me know which one it is…


FOR SALE…

BS30 Online Venue Business

Completed Sellability Score
2 new inquiries have come through and waiting to hear back from them

BS43 Tourism

Deposit locked and loaded. Settlement now set for February 17. Mainly due to last minute Legal consultation queries! When it’s a good thing, it pays to act quickly.

BS49 Home Help…

One party is very interested. The potential has been well and truly revealed so it’s down to price and the level of comfort required to “pull the trigger” as they say in the classics!

BS53 Balloons! and all that goes with them…

Such corporate appeal, so untapped. It’s waiting for the savvy operator that can see past the retail component and tap into it’s possibility as a warehouse servicing the larger players. And it probably needs to be a local. Shall do a database trawl and see what that reveals too.

BS57 Online Business

Signed good to go. It’s making money! Have received signed authority’s and in the process of developing the IM now. Stay tuned.

Others I’m talking too.. are you interested in?

  • a particular event
  • event management
  • corporate cleaning offering
  • specialty educational toys
  • “experiential” advertising and events provider
  • niche in building trade (viz Sellability Score)

If yes, let me know as these revealed themselves this week…

 

Exploring the Sale Option?

GET YOUR SCORE…

Onwards and Upwards!

TEMpting; How Business Buyers and Sellers Have Been Tempted This Week…

How Saleable is Your Business in 2014?
How Saleable do you want Your Business 2014?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

Spent much of this week working on one particular sale and continuing to explore the sale option with a number of Business Owners keen to chat.

There is a growing sense that now is the time to buy a business, especially is looking for a capped price. The reason being is that as more quality businesses come on to the market (as they are predicted to do), the prices will rise. So if you want to talk to me about your long held wish of being a business owner, seems like now would be the time to do so…

GOT A WEBSITE FOR SALE?

If yes, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au

And you…what does 2014 bring?
If any of the following tickle your fancy, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au, letting me know which one it is…


FOR SALE…

BS30 Online Venue Business

Completed Sellability Score
2 new inquiries have come through and waiting to hear back from them

BS43 Tourism

Deposit locked and loaded. Settlement set for February 10.
When it’s a good thing, it pays to act quickly.

BS49 Home Help…

One party is very interested. The potential has been well and truly revealed so it’s down to price and the level of comfort required to “pull the trigger” as they say in the classics!

BS53 Balloons! and all that goes with them…

Such corporate appeal, so untapped. It’s waiting for the savvy operator that can see past the retail component and tap into it’s possibility as a warehouse servicing the larger players. And it probably needs to be a local. Shall do a database trawl and see what that reveals too.

BS57 Online Business

Signed good to go. It’s making money and it dropships! Have received signed authority’s and in the process of developing the IM now. Stay tuned.

OR
Are you interested in

  • a particular event
  • event management
  • corporate cleaning offering
  • specialty educational toys

If yes, let me know as these revealed themselves this week…

 

Exploring the Sale Option?

GET YOUR SCORE…

Onwards and Upwards!

remaking your business; starting with the end in mind…

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Most contractors would rather live with the frustrations they already have rather than risk enduring new frustrations. Rather than open up to the possibilities Life offers, they prefer to shut their life down to respectable limits. (Gerber)

If you don’t have a clear picture of when you want out, your business is the master of your destiny, not the reverse. In order to do so you have to focus on the point in the future when you will take leave of your business. Once done,  reconsider your goals in that context, being very specific.

You’ve got to think of Time with a capital T.
The Big Question, with a capital Q is: How do I wish to spend the rest of my Time?
Your Time, your Life, is the most valuable asset you have.
Until you see Time for what it really is – your Life span – you will always ask the wrong question.

You cannot manage Time; you never could. You can only Live it! (Gerber)

First off is the Strategic Work, which is all about:

  • why?
  • what?
  • who?
  • when?
  • where?
  • what business am I really in?
  • why am I in that business?
  • who specifically is my business determined to serve?
  • when will I sell this business?
  • where will this business be doing business when I sell it?

Strategic Work is the work you do to design your business, to design your life.

Tactical Work is the work you do to implement the design created by Strategic Work. (Gerber)

Organise your thoughts first and then your business…
Right Thinking leads to Right Actions
THINK about what you want to do. Having thought it, you must then DO it…

TEMpting; How Business Buyers and Sellers Have Been Tempted This Week…

How Saleable is Your Business in 2014?
How Saleable do you want Your Business 2014?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

Spent much of this week working on one particular sale and exploring the sale option with a number of Business Owners keen to chat. Who knows where it may lead…

Also had a great Session One with a Woman Business Owner looking to start a family. We’ve commenced plotting and scheming that transition too. This is of course one close to my heart!

GOT A WEBSITE FOR SALE?

If yes, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au

And you…what does 2014 bring?
If any of the following tickle your fancy, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au, letting me know which one it is…


FOR SALE…

BS30 Online Venue Business

Completed Sellability Score
2 new inquiries have come through and waiting to hear back from them

BS43 Tourism

Deposit locked and loaded. Settlement planned for February.
When it’s a good thing, it pays to act quickly.

BS49 Home Help…

This is an interesting one. Mainly because it is playing in a growth industry but the players looking at it are playing small. The revisit of the presentation certainly worked, had a great meeting this morning with a most eligible buyer which continues!

BS53 Balloons! and all that goes with them…

Such corporate appeal, so untapped. Potential buyers have stalled a little now. It’s waiting for the savvy operator that can see past the retail component. Needs to be thought more of as a warehouse!

BS57 Online Business

Signed good to go. A true online business at that ie all is in place, it’s making money and it dropships! In the process of developing the IM now. Stay tuned.

OR
Are you interested in?

  • photographic studio x 2
  • skin care range and premise
  • a particular event
  • event management

If yes, let me know what these are what came in this week…

 

Exploring the Sale Option?

GET YOUR SCORE…

Onwards and Upwards!

most service businesses never sell…

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That’s because most service businesses are started by someone with a specific skill and it does not grow beyond that person.
Sound familiar?

Maybe you’ve hired a few people, but the clients still want to deal with the most knowledgeable person in the company – and that’s probably you…

So when the time comes to GET OUT, you may think you’re left with nothing. If you’re one of the luckier ones, you may get approached by another Professional Services group who offers to “buy” your business — but you may not actually get a cheque.

And for some, that might be just fine. It may be more important that their clients will be looked after, especially knowing the transition has been handled personally and they are still in great hands.

I get it!

Over and over I have seen and continue to see Consultants and Freelancers just pack their business away because they don’t really know what options they have and have not structured their thinking nor their business model accordingly.

So how do you escape the independent practitioner | consultant | freelancer services trap? The answer, in my experience, involves “re-making” your business; starting with the end in mind, regardless how old you’ve been in business.

It all depends on how you want to continue to HELP people, like you have always done. This is what I will be exploring over the next few weeks…

TEMpting; How Business Buyers and Sellers Have Been Tempted This Week…

How Saleable is Your Business in 2014?
How Saleable do you want Your Business 2014?
What are you waiting for? GET YOUR SCORE…

Slowly but surely getting into the new year. Judging by the number of queries since returning back to the office would indicate that:
a) many business owners want to explore the sell option
b) many potential business owners have gone “shopping”

It will be interesting to see how all pans out…

GOT A WEBSITE FOR SALE?
If yes, please 
email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au

And you…what does 2014 bring?
If any of the following tickle your fancy, please email me at dhall@businessbrokers.com.au, letting me know which one it is…


FOR SALE…

BS30 Online Venue Business

Completed Sellability Score
2 new inquiries have come through so lets see what happens with them

BS43 Tourism

Deposit locked and loaded. Settlement planned for February.
When it’s a good thing, it pays to act quickly.

BS49 Home Help…

This is an interesting one. Mainly because it is playing in a growth industry but the players looking at it are playing small. The revisit of the presentation certainly worked, had a great meeting this morning with a most eligible buyer!

BS53 Balloons! and all that goes with them…

Such corporate appeal, so untapped. Potential buyers have stalled a little now. It’s waiting for the savvy operator that can see past the retail component. Needs to be thought more of as a warehouse!

BS57 Online Business

Signed good to go. A true online business at that ie all is in place, it’s making money and it dropships! In the process of developing the IM now. Stay tuned.

OR
Are you interested in?

  • photographic studio x 2
  • skin care range and premise
  • a particular event
  • event management

If yes, let me know what these are what came in this week…

 

Exploring the Sale Option?

GET YOUR SCORE…

Onwards and Upwards!

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