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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. David Bowie Have you set a goal for your company this year? If you’re like most business owners, you’re striving for an increase in your annual sales. It’s natural to want your company to be bigger because that’s what everyone around us seems to celebrate. […]
How much did your home increase in value last year? Depending on where you live, it may have gone up by 5 – 10% or more. How much did your stock portfolio increase over the last 12 months? By way of a benchmark, The Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by around 13% in the […]
Whether you want to sell your business next year or a decade from now, you will have two basic options for an external sale: the financial or the strategic buyer. The Financial Buyer The financial buyer is buying the rights to your future profit stream, so the more profitable your business is expected to be, […]
How to make your company irresistible to potential buyers One of the biggest factors in determining the value of your company is the extent to which an acquirer can see where your sales will come from in the future. If you’re in a business that starts from scratch each month, the value of your company […]
Making your business less dependent on you has a number of benefits: you can scale your company more quickly if you’re not acting as a bottleneck; you get more time to enjoy life outside of your business; and a business less dependent on its owner is much more valuable to an acquirer. Pulling yourself out […]
Doctors in the developing world measure their progress not by the aggregate number of children who die in childbirth but by the infant mortality rate, a ratio of the number of births to deaths. Similarly, baseball’s leadoff batters measure their “on-base percentage” – the number of times they get on base as a percentage of […]
Imagine you’re a farmer and you’ve been tending to your crops all year. It’s harvest season and finally time to collect the spoils of your labor. You start harvesting your crops only to find out that pesky rodents have been quietly eating away at your fields. You’re devastated as you come to the realization that […]
If you have considered selling your business of late, you may have been disappointed to see the offers a business like yours would garner from would-be acquirers. According to the latest analysis of some 20,000 business owners who have used The Value Builder System, the average offer being made by acquirers is just 3.7 times […]
You’ve done the hard work of winning a new customer, but it’s what you do in the next 90 days that determines if it’ll stick around. The first 90 days of any new relationship are critical: A president has about three months to inspire the electorate and gain the political capital he needs to govern. A […]
Becoming wealthy may not be your primary goal, but if it is, there is a reasonably predictable way to get rich in America. Step 1: Ignore Your Parents Parents around the world typically encourage their kids to get educated so they can get a ‘good job.’ This may mean becoming a doctor or lawyer, although […]
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