Four ways to sell a Canadian business, compared
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.
Articles Sell-Side
Selling your Canadian business? Explore our sell-side articles to learn how to maximize your company's value, find the right buyers, and successfully exit.
What do business owners need to know about diligence?
The seven areas a comprehensive due diligence checklist covers, legal, financial, operational and commercial among them, and why treating it as a formality invites real risk.
Is your business an acquisition target? Take the quiz.
A quick self-scored quiz on cash flow, customer concentration, management depth and more, to gauge how appealing a Canadian business looks to a buyer today.
Notice to reader, review or audit: which fits a sale?
The three levels of financial statement reporting, compilation, review and audit, and which level of assurance actually matches a sale versus internal use or financing.
Does a holding company help when you sell your firm?
What a holding company protects and enables before a sale, from creditor protection and tax planning to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption, and when it is worth setting up.