Key for M&A negotiation strategy: throw down your anchor
When you negotiate the sale of your business, a useful M&A negotiation strategy is to anchor the negotiation from the top with an aggressive demand. When we hear high or low figures, we tend to unconsciously adjust our expectations in the direction of the figure we have heard. Using anchoring in M&A negotiation strategy has […]
Why sell a business when legislation changes
In this article, we briefly discuss why sell a business when new legislation changes negatively affect companies’ growth. We will also tell you the story about a client running a business in the chicken farming sector who finally decided to sell his company because of these changes. Let’s go! Legislation changes could affect your business […]
The tough decisions of business owners
Business owners make tough decisions every day: when they must decide between tapping into his home equity line to finance his business or running out of operating capital for a new project; when they have to fire their employees who have become close friends just because sales are down; when they need to make an […]
Preparing your company for its sale
Creating a to-do list for preparing your company before selling it can help you create an action plan before putting it on the market. When the time comes to sell your company, you have two options. You can begin the process immediately, putting it up for sale in its current state. This may mean lowering […]
Why is there so much cross-border M&A
The trend of increasing cross-border M&A has accelerated with the globalization of the world economy. Growing interdependence and the entrance of foreign players as cross-border M&A causes The growing interdependence between worldwide economies has increased corporate transactions between countries. Companies need to acquire enough critical mass to be able to compete against global players. The entrance of […]
Before accepting an offer, study the buyer
Many business executives wait for a buyer to show up someday, never stopping to think about the flawed logic of accepting an offer and selling the company to whoever gets there first. Is this the best buyer? Is this the one who can pay the most? It will be a remarkable coincidence if it is. It […]
What is my company’s brand worth?
When selling a company, business owners try to value different elements of their businesses in order to determine an appropriate sale price, including their assets, their cash flows and even their business relationships. In reviewing elements of their businesses that have value, one question that business owners often ask is, “What is my company’s brand […]
Everybody is selling their business!
The M&A wave is rampant. Never have prices been as high as today. Never has there been so much liquidity in the system. Moreover, interest rates have never been so low, so never has it been this easy to borrow money. Hence, we could say everybody is taking the chance of selling their business. The […]
Negotiation is power when selling a business
Power is very relative. When selling a business, during a negotiation this power will depend on your alternatives and the alternatives of the other party. Don’t forget that emotions are more than 50% of a negotiation. Verify the power of the other party, it is normally overestimated In a negotiation, perceptions are crucial. It’s fundamental […]
What skydiving and selling your company have in common
In this article, written by Jeroen Maudens (ONEtoONE Partner in Belgium), we will discover that selling your company has something in common with skydiving. As in skydiving, to sell your company you need someone to team up with, a guide, a professional, an advisor. The jump is yours. The decision is yours. The company is […]