Business Exit Planning
Selling a Management Development Training Business
Although a management development training business may not be completely recession-proof, the best companies can survive nearly any storm. All it takes is a strategy to identify solid prospects and convert them to buyers.
Personal and professional concerns surround the sale of a management development training business. But have you considered how your customers, vendors and employees will handle the sale?
Undaunted by economic conditions, many management development training business sellers are achieving their sale goals through deliberate sale strategies.
Legal Considerations
It's obvious that you're going to need to hire an attorney to finalize the sale of your management development training business. Competent legal counsel ensures that the sale documents are in proper order. Furthermore, a good lawyers provides the counsel necessary to navigate the tax and liability issues that surround a business sale. It's helpful to introduce your attorney to your broker to facilitate a smooth sale and a productive working relationship.
Pros & Cons of a Sale to an Employee
Employee sales have pros and cons. A faithful employee may have the motivation and ability to continue to operate the business. Since the worker already knows the ins and outs of the business, due diligence should be a breeze, not to mention the fact that you won't have to wait months or years for the right buyer to emerge on the open marketplace. But in many cases, employees expect to get a deal from their employer based on their years of service to the company. Seller financing is one way to get around the capital deficit of an employee-based management development training business sale, as long as you are willing to vet the employee's credit worthiness the same as any other buyer.
Selling Time
Hoping for a quick management development training business sale? You may be disappointed. Although asking price and other factors contribute to sale time, it's difficult to predict how long your business will be on the market before you locate the right buyer. Before you can list your management development training business, you'll need to invest as much as a year in preparing it for prospective buyers. Even though it's conceivable that an attractive opportunity could sell in weeks, an immediate flood of offers could indicate that the business is underpriced.
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