What about business brokers?

Brokers don’t represent all sellers. Why settle for some of the businesses for sale . . . when you can access all of them? The hidden market is where to find unadvertised businesses for sale by-owner (or could be for sale to buyers who properly approach and interact with owners) . . . with less […]

62 Reasons for Sellers Hiring Brokers

Savvy Buyers Level Their Playing Field The most valuable brokers for sellers are the best at creating business buyer competition. The smartest owners will seek out those brokers, and verify their ability to cause buyers to bid against one another. All the other bells and whistles that business brokers pitch to perspective listings won’t make […]

You Can’t Buy It If You Can’t Find It

How to Prepare Yourself and Find the Right Business to Buy 285 Dos, Don’ts & Profit Strategies and 6 Checklists This 2-Minute Video Reveals What The Savviest Searchers Do Poorly prepared people, who cannot show their advisors worthwhile deals, are the #1 reason why attorneys, accountants, lenders and other others kill deals or have trouble […]

Business Buying Dos, Don’ts & Profit Strategies

How to Buy the Right Business the Right Way— 296 Dos 273 Don’ts 93 Profit Strategies 203 Negotiating Tips ™ Paperback and Kindle editions:     2-Minute Video Reveals What The Savviest Searchers Do I don’t believe the how-to books and seminars pitching buy-a-business for $1 or no money down. It’s not that those get-rich-easy-with-no-risk […]

Ted Leverette Reveals How Business Buyers Are Blindsided By Seller’s Employees

Insights Savvy Business Buyers MUST Detect from Employees of Companies for Sale Employees can be the buyer’s BEST reality check. Too many buyers are fooled by employees working for businesses for sale. LISTEN to my 5-minute interview with a searcher whose deal cratered: You’ll hear: why he (after devoting considerable attention and time) withdrew his […]

Buyer’s Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights for Buyers of Small and Midsize Businesses THE PROBLEM FOR BUYERS OF BUSINESSES Too many potential buyers of small and midsize businesses do not know what is fair and reasonable during their interaction with business sellers, business brokers, M&A intermediaries, professional service providers, sources of financing and other people and organizations they […]

Is Silicon Valley bad for your health?

  Ted Leverette coined another phrase: SillyCom Valley. With the emphasis on silly. (So funny it makes some people cry.) Coming soon, sillycomvalley.com, but meanwhile  . . . After decades of the news media building up and bloviating about the wonders of Silicon Valley tech firms and their visionary people, get ready to see a […]