http://blog.elitemanda.com/archives/25 Perspectives on Mergers & Acquisitions in California Central Valley Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.elitemanda.com/archives/25#comment-543 Scott Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:16:48 +0000 http://blog.elitemanda.com/archives/25#comment-543 Very good article. Another thing that I've found that can reduce the value of a business during the sale process is time. Time is relevant in a few separate ways. The longer the business is for sale, the greater the chance that information is going to leak out to customers, suppliers, partners, or employees. 9 times out of 10, the few the people that know about the transaction, the better. The second way that time is a factor is that generally speaking, the longer someone waits to sell their business, the less it is going to be worth. If you compare apples to apples, an identical business is going to be worth less in 4 years than it is today. The reason being that there are more sellers coming on the market and less buyers, supply and demand. Very good article. Another thing that I’ve found that can reduce the value of a business during the sale process is time. Time is relevant in a few separate ways. The longer the business is for sale, the greater the chance that information is going to leak out to customers, suppliers, partners, or employees. 9 times out of 10, the few the people that know about the transaction, the better. The second way that time is a factor is that generally speaking, the longer someone waits to sell their business, the less it is going to be worth. If you compare apples to apples, an identical business is going to be worth less in 4 years than it is today. The reason being that there are more sellers coming on the market and less buyers, supply and demand.

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