Sunday, February 05, 2012

Featured Articles

Creating Value in Privately Held Companies

Creating value in the privately held company makes sense whether the owner is considering selling the business, plans on continuing to operate the business, or hopes to have the company remain in the family. 

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What Is a Company Worth?

This question can only be answered by addressing other related questions, specifically: Who’s asking and for what purpose?

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Rating Today's Business Buyers

Once the decision to sell has been made, the business owner should be aware of the variety of possible business buyers. Just as small business itself has become more sophisticated, the people interested in buying them have also become more divergent and complex.

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Dispelling a Buyer Myth

Most prospective business buyers really don't know from the outset the exact type of business they want to buy. Experienced business brokers and intermediaries know that many business buyers end up with what is sometimes a far cry from what first captured their imagination.

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Today's Business Buyer: A Profile

Today's independent business marketplace attracts a wide variety of buyers eager for a piece of ownership action. Buyers of small businesses are most likely replacing lost jobs or searching for a happier alternative to corporate life. Buyers of mid-sized and large operations are, typically, private investment companies seeking businesses to build and eventually sell for a profit.

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12 Ways to Increase the Value of Your Company

Keep in mind that the best time to consider selling is when business is good, the business is running profitably, and many of the above “value-adders” are in place.

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Today's Business Buyer

For a business to sell, there has to be a seller - and a buyer. The buyer of today is a bit different than the one of yesterday. Today's buyer is not a risk-taker, is concerned about the financials, and seems to be overly concerned about price. Unfortunately, buyers have to understand that they cannot buy someone else's financial statements.

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A Buyer's Quandary

Statistics reveal that out of about 15 would-be business buyers, only one will actually buy a business. It is important that potential sellers be knowledgeable on what buyers go through to actually become business owners. This is especially true for those who have started their own business or have forgotten what they went thorough prior to buying their business.

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The Value of a Business: Get to the Heart of the Matter

To find the real value of a business, we must go to its very heart: the attitude, work habits, managerial style, customer/marketplace savvy, and community reputation of the person in charge.

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Who Is the Buyer?

Buyers buy a business for many of the same reasons that sellers sell businesses. It is important that the buyer is as serious as the seller when it comes time to purchase a business.  Here are just a few of the reasons that buyers buy businesses:

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Blake Taylor
Principal Broker

Blake Taylor is the Principal Broker of Synergy Business Brokers. He has over 25 years of business experience including business brokerage, growing a start-up company as a VP of Sales and Marketing, and working for Fortune 500 companies. He has experience negotiating and closing hundreds of large deals and employs a win/win negotiating style that benefits both parties. He has won numerous awards throughout his career including #1 sales executive worldwide. As a VP of Sales & Marketing, he increased revenues over 2,000% which ultimately resulted in the sale of the company for $20Million. In addition to extensive sales and negotiation experience he also has experience working as an economic analyst in analyzing financial information including budgets and business forecasts and projections. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program at the State University of New York at Albany with a degree in Economics and Business. Blake is based out of New Rochelle, NY.

email: btaylor@synergybb.com

phone: (914) 738-9350 

 


John Boswell 
Senior Broker

John has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in a wide variety of roles. He was a Senior Vice President for a NYSE Member Company serving as Chief Compliance Officer and Financial Principal.  In addition, he has 7 years of experience as a Senior Business Broker where he was involved in closing numerous deals ranging in size from $25,000 to $5,000,000. John is good at networking and has a solid book of buyer contacts throughout the tri-state region and US. He is experienced in negotiating issues between the buyer and seller that result in workable solutions. He lives for the hunt and sincerely enjoys bringing value to sellers that desire to exit their business. Persistence and honesty are his best traits in getting a deal done. He is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Finance. John is based out of Manhattan.

email: jboswell@synergybb.com

phone: (646) 220-3562

 

Calvin Christopher
Senior Broker

Calvin is a creative thinker with a vast network of business professionals in many fields of interest. He has been in sales and marketing for over 18 years with many success stories in his career. Prior to business brokerage he has owned a variety of companies including a precious metals import export company. He has also been a top performer in the luxury real estate profession for the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott, where he was recognized as a member of the League of Crowns with over $33 Million in sales to his credit stemming from servicing Affluent Clientele. He is also a US Veteran having served in the Navy. Calvin is based out of Queens, NY.

email: cchristopher@synergybb.com

phone: (347) 706-9870 

 

Lincoln Taylor
Senior Broker

Lincoln Taylor is a Senior Broker with over 20 years of sales and customer service experience. Since joining Synergy in 2004 he has helped numerous buyers and sellers complete business transactions. His experience with small start up, mid-sized and fortune 500 companies gives him the perspective needed to help buyers and sellers throughout the sales and buying process. He has won various awards throughout his career and graduated Magna Cum Laude from SUNY at Albany where he studied Economics and Sociology.

email: ltaylor@synergybb.com

phone: (603) 748-5232 

  

Suyen Lyn
Marketing Director

Suyen is responsible for assisting our brokers with Marketing Campaigns to find potential buyers for our current businesses for sale.  She has over 20 years of experience including business brokerage, operating a small business and working in the high-tech industry as a top marketing executive.  She graduated with honors from Amherst College.

email: staylor@synergybb.com

Phone: (914) 309-0382 

 

Ted Taylor
Marketing Specialist

Ted Taylor is a marketing specialist at Synergy Business Brokers. Ted is focused on locating potential buyers and sellers of businesses. He has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience. Prior to Synergy Business Brokers he owned his own sales and marketing company specializing in selling books and educational materials to school systems. Prior to that he worked in advertising sales. He has a BS from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a Masters Degree from the University of Illinois. Ted is based out of White Plains, NY.

email: ttaylor@synergybb.com

phone: (914) 437-8253 

 

 

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