You’re going about your business as usual and then the phone rings, or an email drops into your inbox – “We’ve been looking for an acquisition and we think your company would be a great fit, we’d love to talk”. Now your suddenly Googling, ‘what to do when someone...
Entrepreneurs Hub Team recently celebrated a decade of working business owners help business owners achieve their goals and aspirations and realise the value of their life’s work. I have recently joined the Entrepreneurs Hub and decided to interview our founders...
A whole sub-industry has grown up around corporate transactions. Sometimes this preparation activity is called ‘grooming’ for sale. I went through a phase in my life where I thought that all such activity was irrelevant. This prejudice was fed by the numerous horror...
They say that hindsight is a wonderful thing. Looking back on an experience and realising all the things you could, or should, have done differently! But what if you were able to take advantage of some of that hindsight before embarking on your journey? At...
They say money can’t buy happiness… but it sure can buy you things that make you happy. But the acquisition of money is often a very time-consuming thing. I have lost count of the number of business owners who have come to me saying, “I have a successful business, but...
One of the most common questions I am asked as a corporate finance advisor is, “What is an indicator that it is the best time to sell my business?”. In business, as in comedy… timing is everything. Many a good story features the phrase, “in the right place, at the...
