When selling your business: surround yourself with the best
Selling a company is a much more complex process than any other sale. A company is a living process and its sale affects third parties: employees, clients, suppliers, banks, tax authorities, etc. At the same time, it also implies legal responsibilities that may have important economic consequences for the different parties. For this reason, I recommend […]
Innovate Today
What is innovation? I am often asked what innovation is. Is it a new unique technology, a cool new product, does innovation mean coming up with the next iPhone or medical device, can I innovate if my business is not a startup, tech company, or sexy new venture. The truth is innovation is not that […]
Does Your Business have a Strategy?
What a real business strategy looks like Every time I speak with a client or mentee for the first time, they start by explaining their strategy. More often than not I have to stop them and explain that what they are describing is not a strategy. It is an elaborate fantasy they have created about […]
70% of the value of a company lies in finding the suitable buyer
Many business owners will sell to the first buyer without taking into account other potential buyers. When selling your business it is important to ask questions specific questions. Is this the best buyer? Is he the one that can pay the most for the business? Business owners often rely on a lawyer or an auditor […]
Preparing Your Company For Sale
Any businessman thinking of selling his company should start preparing one or two years in advance. But the question in this moment is “Why?” When you want to sell a house, you make improvements such as cleaning it and fixing anything that’s broken. These small touches can increase the value of the house in the […]
How a Private Equity Firm can help you?
Private equity firms are investment vehicles. Their mission is to invest in companies (with a majority or minority stake). They create value during a period of approximately four or five years. Then, sell their share with the greatest capital gain possible. Private equity makes mid to long term investments of money in companies (a maximum […]
What type of sales process would you choose?
Not all companies are sold in the same way. Each sales transaction has its differences. Therefore, each strategy must be designed and structured according to your preferences as speed, confidentiality, price and market conditions. Among the different possibilities, the majority of sales processes can be placed under three types. 1. One to one relationships: This […]
Tessi buys Spanish company Graddo
Tessi had acquired a 100% interest in Graddo Grupo Corporativo S.L. and its subsidiaries. Graddo is a family-owned company based in Madrid. It specialises in processing documents and means of payment. In 2013 it reported revenues of €15.5 million with similar operating margins to those of Tessi documents services. The company has 616 employees. Graddo was […]
PERI sells their ApS business in Spain
ONEtoONE has advised PERI in the sale of their ApS business in Spain to MECANOTUBO (CIMBRAS Y GEOTECNIA, S.L.), a Spanish company. The German Group PERI is an entity dedicated to the installation of formwork, scaffolding systems, services and plywood. Peri Group has conducted this action in congruity with its Strategic Plan for 2018, in which the […]
ONEtoONE advises the French investment company SALVEPAR in its first investments in Spain
Catalunya Banc continues shedding all stakes in non-listed industrial companies it owns before Frob (the Fund for Orderly Banking Restructuring) abandons the holding. Catalunya Banc has come to an agreement with French fund Salvepar, advised by ONEtoONE Corporate Finance. Last year it raised €130 million for new investment and minority stakes in mid-market firms, planning its first […]