Karl wrote Selling Your Canadian Business: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing Value and Securing Your Legacy because he saw too many business owners making preventable mistakes that cost them millions of dollars and years of regret.
Ten factors that most consistently make a Canadian business stand out to buyers, from predictable cash flow and a diversified customer base to real scalability.
As inflation compresses margins and buyers grow cautious, the signals that argue for selling into it anyway, and the signals that argue for holding until it eases.
Why law firms, accounting practices and consultancies acquire their rivals. Five drivers, from talent and client portfolios to economies of scale, behind the trend.
Four approaches to selling a business, from targeted solicitation to a broad auction and public broker listing, and the trade-off each makes between speed, price and confidentiality.