August 2015                                                                                Volume 16 Issue 8

How To Fund a Business

 

By: www.articles.bplans.com

Most
businesses require outside funding, but many small business owners don’t know where to find it, or how much to ask for.  Whether you need loans, small business grants, angel investors, venture capital, crowd funding, or investments from friends and family,
you can greatly improve your chances of securing capital with our expert tips and how-to-guides.

 

 

How to Know When it’s Time to Sell Your Business

 

Guest Blog By:
Stearns Bank

In
Real estate, the three main factors for success are: Location, Location, Location.


In Marketing, it’s the standard four P’s: Product, Place, Price and Promotion.


The 5 C’s of Credit may not be as well-known, but understanding what makes a “good loan” will improve the chances of getting your next loan approved.  The 5 C’s are standard principals used by bankers, commercial

lenders, credit analysts, and underwriters:

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Why Acquisitive CEOs Must Network with Bankers

Exclusive partnership content powered byAxial

This
article originally appeared on Axial’s Forum


For
business owners, working with an investment banker typically comes to mind when preparing to raise capital or exit their companies. If they are not looking to sell in the near future, they are often quick to turn bankers away when they call. As one CEO who
is seeking a strategic acquisition said, “bankers call me every day and I tell them we’re not looking to sell and hang up the phone.” What most business owners do not realize, however, is that turning down these conversations may lead to missed opportunities. 


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Pool Services & Construction Company 

sold for $1,100,000

 

VR
Business Brokers in
 New Haven, CT has sold a company that provides services
that include pool construction, pool openings and closings, weekly maintenance, vinyl liner replacement, heater, pump and filter replacement, and all types of pool repairs and operates out of combined retail and warehouse space.  All of the clients are residential
and reside in southwest Fairfield County. For more information, visit www.vrbb.com or call VR New Haven @ 203-772-2773.

VR Continues to Match Qualified Buyers with Businesses for Sale

 

In today’s business climate, our clients demand quality and professionalism. We applaud our VR business intermediaries for a job
well done!! Here is a small sample of transactions that have closed across the VR network recently:

 

Restaurant & Pizza | $399,000 |  Boca Raton,
FL

Bakery |  $650,000  | Artesia, CA 

Digital Graphics Franchise | $549,000 |
McKinney, TX

Office Equipment Supply Co |$325,000 |Witchita,
KS

 

Thinking of selling your business or looking for an established business to purchase?

 

VR Sacramento has a Container Transport Trucking Company listed for sale @ $2,795,000

 

The VR office located in Sacramento, CA has a container transport trucking company listed for sale.  The shipping containers are
trucked to and from the Port of Oakland, CA.  For more information please call Michael Langford @ 916-480-1200

 

In This Issue

Financing Options

How To Know When It Is Time To Sell Your Business

Mid-Market Update

Featured Engagement

Featured Transaction

Quick Links


 

 

 

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Businesses For Sale


 

 

Your dream business awaits you…take advantage of these featured opportunities 

VR has for sale now!

Health Therapy Business

$713,000

Wilmington,
NC

 

Green Retail /Microbrew Restaurant

$729,000

Milwaukee,
WI

 

Kids Indoor Amusement Center

$899,000

Artesia,
CA
 

 

Sports Marketing & Commercial Photography

$750,000

 Wyomissing,
PA

 

Painting Contractor

$489,000

Cincinnati,
OH

 

Specialty Signs & Graphics Fabrication & Installation Co.

$1,500,000

Greenville,
SC

 

Container Transport Trucking Co.

$2,795,000

 Sacramento,
CA

 

Auto Related Business

$1,200,000

Charlottetown
PEI, Canada
 

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The time has never been better to

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part of the 

VR team!  

 

Small businesses make up over 56% of the annual U.S. GDP and every year a large amount of them
change hands.  

 

VR is the industry leader in facilitating such transactions.

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