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Question: How am I going to make your life easier? Answer: Seller Financing! This exchange was repeated many times during my first broker training class at the Transworld headquarters. Our instructor, a veteran business broker with over 30 years of experi

It is not outside the realm of possibility that a buyer approaches Transworld having access to cash and an interest in buying a business, but without a particular business in mind. This type of buyer is typically someone who has previously owned a busines

Interviewing buyers is an important step in helping to better understand the motivation, goals and objectives of the buyer and to help screen some business options for them to consider. This process includes the discussion of many of the following importa

As we ring in 2017 now is as good a time as any to begin a personal and professional evaluation of your business. Here I will share a few questions you can ask yourself to begin the discussion. Are you ready to sell your business? Do you still enjoy wo

Just before the end of 2016 our esteemed broker, Chris Cantwell, successfully closed on Nature's Table in the Denver Tech Center. This restaurant offered buyers a unique opportunity to work in the restaurant industry for a franchise located in a DTC o

This week our Managing Director, Al Fialkovich closed on a business transaction in the home remodeling industry. This business has multiple locations. The company is family owned, which made them a great fit for Transworld to work with as we specialize in

In the coming post, Transworld will be addressing the first step of the Transworld buying and selling process as part of a twelve part series breaking down our entire process piece by piece. In this series, each post will take on one step of the process a

Recently Al Fialkovich closed on a contracting company that focuses on residential and commercial concrete. The company was run by one person, who had been working in the concrete industry for more than 40 years. Operating for over fifteen years out of No

All signs are pointing towards yes! As the reports containing 2016's numbers are becoming public it is obvious the business sales market is in a stable place and trending upward. Our first indicator up for discussion is the U.S. market's average s

Welcome back for part two of our Buying and Selling a Business in Colorado series. Now that you are prepared to sell your business we can move on to building your team. This step of the process while not as involved as many of the other steps is one of, i

It is time to sell your business. Your first move is hiring a broker. What's next? "Keep calm and carry on!" That is to say, you should stay the course - continue operating business as usual. This may seem counterintuitive, because you're

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This week Al Fialkovich closed on a locally owned staffing company. The business was run owner absentee, which made this quite an attractive business to area buyers. The company prided themselves on their ability to help local, small business owners find

Now that you have built your advisory team we can move onto the collection of information. This may seem like a daunting task, but it is well worth the effort since all of the information will be put to use to work for you in selling your business. Onc

Congratulations! Your offer to buy a business has been accepted. But how can you be sure the information provided by the seller is accurate? Due Diligence is the answer to your question. Following the acceptance of the buyer's offer (or letter of i