Brad Marlor

By Debbie Allen Updated May 11, 2017 Everyday small business owners (retailers) make drastic mistakes when selling their business and lose thousands of dollars in the process. All their hard work and long-term investment goes down the drain. As entrepreneurs, they had once dreamed of owning…

So you’ve been in Corporate America too long; you can no longer stomach the grind, the stress, and the hours.  You’ve been padding your corporation’s pocket, yet your pockets are seemingly empty.  Something has to change.  You realize that changing companies might provide a different…

A close friend of mine from high school days has been in the process of acquiring a business. He has spent nearly a year agonizing over the pros and cons of various businesses. He has looked at businesses in multiple states, businesses of different size…

Vision is important in any company, large or small. If you have no idea of your end goal, the beginning of your business is likely to take off in the wrong direction. If you haven’t considered how you are going to exit your company in…

Definitely. Just as there are good houses to buy and good cars to buy, there are good businesses to buy. But as you likely know, there are also bad ones — lots of bad ones. That’s why it’s important to do your homework when you’re…

Setting the Rules Structuring a transaction through an employee buyout should accomplish the same objective as selling to an outside buyer. Your objective is to structure a sale that maximizes value while minimizing risk (tax consequences included). If an employee group can fulfill that objective,…

Why on earth would someone want to acquire your business? With all the headaches, a tough national economy, and hard to please clients, nobody would willingly want to subject themselves to the harsh environment of a privately held business like yours – right? ...Read More!

The first job facing many prospective business owners is rounding up the cash necessary to make the purchase.  They may find that banks have made borrowing difficult (or all but impossible), and that even SBA loans have requirements too stringent to meet. One viable option…

Fast Food? Manufacturing? How about distribution? Small mom and pop shop or publicly held corporate spin-off? Choosing a business to acquire is a lot like car buying—lots of models, lots of colors and a litany of price ranges. Fortunately there are some questions you can…