Business Sale Insights and Resources

Scaling a Business to Sell in California 14 min read Too long? Get a summary As a Gen X owner in California, you face many opportunities when you scale your business. You want to see strong growth, so you start scaling a business to sell with purpose. Scaling a business to sell gives you more

Selling My Business Confidentially In California 17 min read No time to read? Get Detailed Summary Are you a retiring business owner and you want to sell your business confidentially in California? You need to protect sensitive details from leaking. A single rumor can alert competitors, worry employees, or unsettle loyal customers. Take “The Confidential Exit,”

Minimize Owner Dependency Before Selling Your California Business 15 min read Get a Summary Retiring business owners. Picture yourself as the “Un-Vacationable CEO”? If you can’t step away from your business in California for two weeks, you face “the selling a business with owner dependency” problem. Buyers in California see high owner dependency as a

Retiring Business Owners: Waiting To Sell Your Business Costs 20% 11 min read For another perspective on sale timing, read about selling a business in an election year. Long read? Get it Summarized If you’re a California business owner planning to retire, you might think waiting another year to sell your business confidentially will help

12 min read Too long to read? Get it Summarized When you face a valuation gap, you do not need to walk away. You can use deal structures such as earnouts versus seller notes to bridge the gap between what you want and what a buyer offers when selling your California business. Earnouts are widely

12 minutes read Don’t have time to read? Summarize it You finally close a deal to sell your California service business for $5 million, but you only walk away with $4.7 million. The working capital trap catches many owners off guard during a business sale. When selling your business, you must watch out for how working