Selling My Business

Which method of selling your business is of most value to you?

Selling to family (75% failure rate).
A Management buy-out (how to handle the "good guy" discount).
Selling to a competitor (before they say yes, I have to show them everything about what I do and how I do it – risk!).
Selling to an outside Buyer (most likely to pay market price).

Every situation has two sides. What is the difference between the Seller and the Buyer? It’s this simple:

Seller’s priority: To get the best deal possible (highest price).

Buyer’s priority: To get the best deal possible (lowest price).

Our goal at MAXIMA is three-fold:

To assist you in successfully selling your business by demonstrating its value and future earnings potential to the Buyer.
To assist you in maximizing the effectiveness, financial strength, and market position of your business today and maximizing the benefit to you, the owner.
To assist you in negotiations and structuring of the sale of your business to maximize the overall benefit to you from selling your business.

Book value: Structured to minimize tax liabilities and does not reflect the benefit value to you the owner.
Economic value: Calculated value of considerations and adjusted for the marketplace.
Market value: What a Buyer will pay you for the opportunity to buy your business to meet his objectives.