Cash Out, Move On : Get Top Dollar, and More, Selling Your Business

Selling your business is the biggest financial event of your life.
Prepare today to get top dollar for your life s work!
For Boomer owners, the clock, the demographic clock, is ticking. Boomer demographics, the Law of Supply and Demand, the state of today s Merger and Acquisition market, and the Boomer Mindset constitute the perfect storm for Boomer owners. This means that if you and your business are ready to sell, there are opportunities in selling your business now and significant dangers if you delay. Use this book to guide you through the process of cashing out of your business today and moving on to the next stage of your life. What are former owners saying about the sale process described in this book and life after the sale?

JOHN H. BROWN is the president of Business Enterprise Institute, Inc. and Exit Planning for Advisors, the preeminent Exit Planning resource for business owner advisors. As the leading provider of Exit Planning education, marketing resources and plan design software for advisors, BEI ultimately helps owners and their families benefit from their life s work. John is the founder of a Denver-based law firm, where he began focusing his efforts on helping owners of closely held businesses exit their companies in style. Over the last 30 years, John has led thousands of owners and their advisors through the process of getting top dollar for their businesses. John is the author of three books and he has written numerous articles for national and regional publications. John is a well-known business and Exit Planning strategies speaker to owner, advisor and trade association audiences across the United States.

KEVIN M. SHORT is the co-founder and managing director of Clayton Capital Partners, a St. Louis-based investment banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Thomson Financial, FactSet Mergerstat and Investment Dealers Digest rank Clayton Capital Partners as a top M&A firm. Over the past 25 years, Kevin has orchestrated more than 150 purchase/sale transactions of mid-sized businesses with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion. Kevin creates and aggressively pursues the unique transaction goals of the buyers and sellers he represents.