Preparing Your Business for Sale: A Comprehensive Guide
Selling your business is a significant decision that requires meticulous preparation to ensure you maximise its value and minimise disruptions during the transition. Whether you’re ready to sell now or planning for the future, taking the right steps can make all the difference. This guide outlines key considerations and actionable steps to prepare your business for divestment.
Company Valuation Services for New Zealand Businesses
Determining the true value of a business is a critical step for any owner considering their next move, whether it’s planning for growth, attracting investors, or preparing for sale. At LINK, we simplify the complexities of company valuation with our proven and distinctive methodology, offering clarity and accuracy to business owners across New Zealand.
Ten Questions Before You Buy a Company
You’re contemplating buying a company because you believe that you can improve the financial performance of not just that company, but your own as well. That’s called synergies or more crudely 1 + 1 = 3.
Look Forward to a Successful Business Sale
You’ve built up a sizeable business. It’s profitable and still growing, but you know there’s more to life than 65 hour weeks. You’re an “empty nester” and keen for more golf and extended vacations. You’re ready to sell. However, your financial advisor tells you that thanks to the exiting baby boomers, businesses are trading at lower multiples values than ever. You’ll need the proceeds from your business sale to fund your superannuation. Time to get out, but how do you maximise your sale value?
Is Your Business You-Proof?
Whether you’re planning to sell your company sometime soon or sometime in the future; now is the time to ensure that your business isn’t all about you. From the latest Sellability Score* research involving 2300 companies from around the globe, here are two key factors that are linked to the probability of getting an offer for your business when it’s time to sell.
Breaking Down High-Value Business Transactions
Selling a high-value business is a complex and pivotal process that requires strategic planning, expert negotiation, and a deep understanding of market dynamics. LINK Corporate, focuses on three critical areas to help you achieve the maximum price for your business: enhancing its value, identifying the best buyers, and fostering competitive negotiations.
Mergers and Acquisitions: A Pathway to Business Growth
Acquiring another company is a powerful strategy for small and medium-sized businesses looking to achieve rapid growth. However, the process is not without its challenges. Mergers and acquisitions demand careful evaluation, strategic planning, and expertise to ensure the decision enhances the acquiring company’s value rather than detracting from it.
Selling Your Business: A Critical Decision That Demands Careful Planning
Few decisions in a business owner’s journey are as significant as the choice to sell their business. It’s a decision that demands careful thought, preparation, and expertise to ensure the best possible outcome. Whether you’re planning to sell now or in the future, taking the right steps early on can make a world of difference.
