Sell Your Business

If you have ever considered selling your business the next few words could change your life!  Enlisting the assistance of a professional business intermediary could be one of the best investments you will ever make. 

Selling a business is unlike any other type of sales transaction you could possibly imagine.  There is literally nothing that you could compare it to.  For the unfamiliar… it’s a jungle.  Even seasoned professionals have aphorisms like, “If you can’t hit a curve ball… you can’t put deals together.”  But there is some good news…

For us here at VR in Bentonville, it’s our passion, it’s what we were born to do!  We have the training, talent & experience to skillfully guide you through the process and arrive on the other side saying, “mission accomplished.”  We are a family owned and operated firm that takes pride in a job well done.

Divestiture is something that will happen to almost every small business owner.  Although many of us like to think that we will transfer ownership of the family business to our children… the statistics are sobering.  Ninety percent of all U.S firms are family owned small businesses (small being defined as less than $50M in gross revenues and less than 100 employees), fewer than thirty percent of them survive the second generation, less than twelve percent survive the third and a paltry three percent survive the fourth.

The truth is that there are three basic opportunities for you to sell your business.

a)      When you want to.

b)      When you have to.

c)      When your heirs do it.

Taking the time to educate yourself about the divestiture process and, equally important, planning the event is well worth the effort.  Studies show that without representation you will likely lose 20-30% of the value of your business due to a lack of experience in the divestiture process.  Do you have the skill set necessary to ensure that you don’t come up short when you sell your business?

If selling or merging your business might be something you would consider, we would appreciate an opportunity to meet and speak with you.  Call us today for a no obligation face-to-face consult about your business.  It may be your most important phone call this year.