If you are planning on selling your business, your goal is to sell it as quickly as possible for the highest price possible. It's no more complicated than that.

However, how do you do this successfully?

If you are seriously considering selling your business, my suggestion is that the first place to start is yourself. Make sure this is what you want to do and know you have something you want to move to that your excited about. If the answer is still yes, take time to prepare and get the business organized for sale. As a business broker, I see too many sellers decide they want to exit business ownership but they do not get themself or the business ready for sale.

I will schedule a one hour consultation with you for $100 and review the key items in your business to make sure they are ready to present to the market. I will also explain what you will need to impress a buyer and give you advice on what to disclose and what not to disclose until you know you are talking with a qualified buyer and not just a "tourist buyer" that wants to know all about your business but not follow through and buy.

Of course, I will not be able to cover everything but my goal is to make more prepared and professional so you position you and your business to sell successfully.

To further help you, a 144 page book is available called Successfully Sell Your Business: Expert Advice from a Business Broker. This book covers all aspects of selling a business and includes the steps you should take when you first consider the idea, what professional help to consider for the different aspects of the sale, what business valuation you will need and how to get it, what to disclose at what point in the transaction, how to know if you have a motivated buyer or some one that just wants to know your business, plus much more. For more information about the book, visit the following website http://www.businesstransactionbooks.com.

To pay for the consultation, click on the Paypal link to the right and we'll get started. If you have initial questions, you can contact me directly at andrew@andrew-rogerson.com.