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How to Structure Multiple Businesses — Legal Entities, Tax Consequences, and Best Practices

Entrepreneurs, especially serial entrepreneurs, rarely stop at just one idea. Many see opportunities across industries or expand into related products and services, which quickly raises an important question: How should multiple businesses be structured legally and...

Business Broker Fees and Other Business Sale Expenses

by Holly Magister, CPA

 Do you have a Question? Ask below. One of our Investors or Advisors will Answer! Note — This post has been updated on 10/29/2021. When it comes to the sale of a business, there are a number of costs — both expected and unplanned — all business...

20 Ways Business Brokers Pay For Themselves

by Neal Isaacs, Business Broker, MBA, CBI, CM&AP

 Do you have a Question? Ask below. One of our Investors or Advisors will Answer! Business owners are responsible with money. Irresponsible financial stewards of money run out of funds and cease to be business owners. For this reason, many owners seek to save on...

Closing Business Deals in the COVID-19 Era

by Neal Isaacs, Business Broker, MBA, CBI, CM&AP

 Do you have a Question? Ask below. One of our Investors or Advisors will Answer! The COVID 19 Era has begun. In addition to lives lost, there’s an economic toll that has yet to be determined at the time this content is being written. With small businesses on life...

ESOP as an Alternative Exit Strategy

by Holly Magister, CPA

When thinking about ways to sell your business, you are likely familiar with the most common strategies proposed by business advisors: selling to a third-party such as a private equity firm or a competitor, or selling to your family. What your business transition...