Coming 2023 What’s Possible? Examples of Creativity Searcher Stories―Trials, Tribulations, Triumph Searching Affects Creativity Avoiding Snags & Pitfalls Pre-LOI Diligence Formal Due Diligence Valuing & Pricing Raising Money & Financing Negotiating with Everyone Closing/Completing the Deal Transitioning Ownership Tips for Advisors and Clients New, a different kind of how-to book by Ted Leverette. Hard-hitting […]
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The Miserable M’s – For Buyers and Sellers of SMBs (Antidotes Prescribed) You may not want to do it, but you can consider these M’s now, or you can potentially have to cope with them later. The link to my LinkedIn article. The Miserable M’s In alphabetical order, for no apparent reason. Misallocations […]
67 Accounting Risks to Detect During Due Diligence for Buyers and Sellers of Small / Midsize Businesses You’ll love hating this exposé . . . Avoiding Accounting Hell. It can help you anticipate risks during due diligence. And then solve post-completion problems. For decades, I’ve been keeping a log of the pitfalls […]
Article-Who Needs a Business Buyer Advocate? Ted J. Leverette is The Original Business Buyer Advocate ®. (He is not a business broker; does not represent sellers.) “Business Buyer Advocate” is his trademark, registered with The United States Patent and Trademark Office. Leverette enables buyers of profitable small and midsize businesses in the USA, Canada, […]
“Playfully serious!” FREE It’s priceless! Podcast: When it is Not Practical to Buy a Business, Start a Business (9:48 min.) Listening might inspire you and yours to be a business owner. Why? Because so many young people and adults want to find their way out and up from the economic quagmire that is stifling them. […]
The opportunity that vanished for businesses, towns and people along Route 66 is happening today to tens of thousands of profitable small and midsize companies in the best local economies, thanks to missteps by advisors, business brokers and potential business buyers. Keep reading for street-smart insight into opportunity lost and how, today, astute people gain […]
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 […]
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 […]
Amazing, I read down the list and saw many of the techniques I have used over the years and currently. Some, or most, probably came from reading your tips over the years. Good work and very helpful to those of us who follow you. I currently have investors interested in our technology company and asking […]
2-Minute Video Reveals What The Savviest Searchers Do Are you an advisor to buyers or are you trying to buy a small or midsize business? The hidden market of businesses for sale is where up to 80% of the mature, profitable and fairly priced small and midsize businesses are quietly for sale by-owner. Few of […]