Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 7, 2023

The current market conditions and economic landscape have created a fertile environment for business sales. Timing Factors Economic cycles have a significant impact on business sales. In periods of economic growth, businesses generally perform better, making them more attractive to potential buyers.

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Lake Country Advisors

JANUARY 8, 2024

Whether you’re considering a sale, seeking funding, or making strategic business decisions, an accurate valuation is key. This guide will take you through the basic essentials of business valuation, helping you establish a foundational understanding of business valuation. grasp its significance in small business ownership.

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Lake Country Advisors

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Whether planning for retirement, pursuing new ventures, or aiming to maximize your company’s value, understanding the intricacies of valuation and the selling process is essential. Understanding the Value of Your Construction Business Before listing your construction business for sale, it’s essential to establish an accurate valuation.

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Lake Country Advisors

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Organized financial documents will expedite the sale process and position you as a serious seller ready for due diligence. Having these documents in order minimizes delays during the due diligence process and presents your business as well-managed. Operational Systems : Document processes to reduce the learning curve for new ownership.

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 28, 2024

Assessing the Value of Your Small Business The accuracy of your business’s valuation is essential for a successful sale. An effective valuation sets realistic negotiation expectations and attracts qualified buyers. Business brokers provide critical insights into how local economic elements influence these valuations.

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 9, 2024

Preparing Your Manufacturing Business for Sale Conducting a comprehensive business valuation is essential in preparing your business for sale. Conducting a Comprehensive Business Valuation A comprehensive business valuation is crucial when preparing your manufacturing business for sale.

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Lake Country Advisors

APRIL 15, 2024

Decisive tactics help you secure a fair valuation, smoothly transition your business to a new owner, and preserve existing stakeholder relationships. Brush up on different valuation methods. Often, a combination of these provides an accurate valuation. Economic and industry-specific trends impact business value.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 16, 2025

This article explores the key frameworks, valuation methods, and strategic considerations for assessing the worth of your software IP whether its proprietary code, algorithms, patents, or data assets. Why IP Valuation Matters in Software M&A In traditional industries, valuation often centers on tangible assets and cash flow.

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Wizenius

JUNE 26, 2023

When performing a valuation analysis using comparable companies, it is essential to make certain adjustments to the financial statements of the comparables to ensure a meaningful comparison. Adjustments can be made to account for regional differences in economic conditions, tax rates, or industry dynamics. Thanks, Pratik S

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Bronte Capital

MAY 21, 2021

There is the risk for the consolidated financial statements that the calculation of impairment loss allowances is not carried out in an appropriate manner or is based on inappropriate assumptions, an inappropriate database or inappropriate application of the valuation model and, as a result, the impairment loss is reported in an incorrect amount.

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Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 16, 2024

Contractual Agreements: Reviewing and drafting legal documents, including letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, purchase agreements, and ancillary agreements, is essential to formalizing the terms of the transaction and protecting the interests of both parties.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 4, 2024

Investors and financial professionals must be aware of accrued interest when engaging in transactions to avoid discrepancies in the valuation and pricing of securities. Relevance and Use The basis of the daily accrued interest formula is based on accrual-based accounting. read more for reporting income or expenses.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 9, 2025

In this article, well unpack the key valuation drivers, explore current market multiples, and offer practical steps to help you assess and enhance the value of your software business. Understanding the Core Valuation Framework At its core, the valuation of a software company is typically based on a multiple of earnings or revenue.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 8, 2025

Whether you're responding to inbound interest, planning a strategic exit, or exploring liquidity options, the process requires careful orchestration from valuation and positioning to buyer outreach and deal structuring. A well-prepared company signals professionalism and reduces perceived risk both of which drive valuation.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 22, 2023

Most small business owners are nimble, and when they make a decision, they move quickly because that’s how they’ve survived so many economic cycles. Below are some key things that business owners should consider when divesting their business: Valuation : Try to have a realistic idea of the value of your business.

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

What is Valuation? Valuation can be simply defined as the process of assigning an estimated dollar amount or range to the worth of an item, good, or service. During preliminary due diligence, the view of valuation is often heavily contingent on the financial information provided by the seller.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A thorough exit strategy planning process will help you understand your options, define your objectives, get the right metrics and documents in order, and identify areas for improvement that could help you attract a buyer and increase your valuation in an M&A exit. Get your legal documents in order.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

And it typically boils down to a few common elements that successful SaaS companies do particularly well: High-quality SaaS companies feature predictable, recurring revenues, solid unit economics , and high gross margin and gross profit rates. The firm currently employs 31 professionals. The firm employs 93 professionals.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Investment Bankers For those structuring deals or assessing company valuations, the Fisher Equation can guide interest rate expectations, which in turn can influence discount rates and other valuation metrics. where inflation and its projected trajectory significantly influenced deal structures and valuations.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 19, 2025

While the market for software acquisitions remains active, smaller SaaS businesses often face unique challenges in positioning, valuation, and deal execution that differ markedly from their larger counterparts. These businesses typically face: Valuation complexity due to hybrid revenue models (e.g.,

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Sun Acquisitions

JULY 1, 2024

Sellers must carefully assess market conditions, industry trends, and economic landscape. By understanding market cycles and potential buyer behavior, sellers can strategically time their business transition to coincide with peak interest and valuation, ultimately maximizing returns.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Peaked market valuations: When market cycle peaks or an industry fully matures, it may be advantageous for shareholders to cash out. Business adversity: An economic downturn, the loss of a major customer or the company’s key individual leader, an adverse market / political condition may drive shareholders to other investment alternatives.

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Software Equity Group

MAY 28, 2024

This created various challenges throughout the process and very likely reduced our exit valuation. To start, your company should have strong unit economics and maintain a balance between growth and profitability. This resource details what quantitative and qualitative aspects buyers prioritize when creating valuations.

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Software Equity Group

MAY 28, 2024

This created various challenges throughout the process and very likely reduced our exit valuation. To start, your company should have strong unit economics and maintain a balance between growth and profitability. This resource details what quantitative and qualitative aspects buyers prioritize when creating valuations.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

No one really knows how the pandemic will play out from a medical, economic, political, and societal perspective. This reflected the impact of valuations on deal flow and an increasing imbalance of potential sellers and buyers. We face a future of uncertainty. We will try to decipher the answer to this question in this article.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 18, 2024

Data Collection: Gather relevant data and documents, such as financial statements, legal filings, operational reports, and market analyses: Collect historical and current financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. Financial risks: credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, and valuation issues.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 10, 2017

Importantly, because the contingent consideration will be considered a security of the buyer , and not of the target company, the onus of complying is on the buyer and the buyer will have liability under securities laws for any misstatements and omissions in offering documents as well as inadequacies in the offering process. Disclosure.

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Sun Acquisitions

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To avoid this mistake: Conduct a thorough valuation of your business. This should include financial statements, tax records, legal documents, customer contracts, employee agreements, and other relevant information. Ignoring market trends and economic conditions can lead to missed opportunities or unfavorable outcomes.

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How2Exit

MARCH 19, 2023

This money is chasing stocks, pushing bond yields down, buying up Bitcoin, and pushing up real estate valuations. This is because of the relative valuations of other asset classes. You should also consider the current economic climate and the potential for future growth.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 18, 2024

Data Collection: Gather relevant data and documents, such as financial statements, legal filings, operational reports, and market analyses: Collect historical and current financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. Financial risks: credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, and valuation issues.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

Statement of Cash Flows Definition A Statement of Cash Flow is an accounting document that tracks the incoming and outgoing cash and cash equivalents from a business. It helps identify the availability of liquid funds with the organization in a particular accounting period.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 14, 2025

Even after months of diligence, negotiation, and documentation, the final 5% of the deal often requires 50% of the effort. Because this is when the most sensitive, high-stakes issues surfaceissues that can materially impact your economics, your risk exposure, and your post-close obligations.

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Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Despite a somewhat cautious start to the year due to challenging economic conditions and valuation discrepancies between buyers and sellers, the sector saw a robust recovery in the latter half.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 5, 2024

If a company relies too heavily on one person or a couple of key people, then scaling a brand can be extremely hard and extremely hard to sell at the proper valuation. Economics Buyers look closely at a restaurant concept’s cash-on-cash return ratio or said differently “how long before I get my money back?”

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How2Exit

JULY 3, 2023

The transcript highlights the need for the financials to tell the true story of the transferable economics of the business. The speakers acknowledge that sellers may not have the expertise or experience in certain areas, such as legal documents and the law. This can lead to smoother transactions and more favorable terms for the seller.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 5, 2020

On October 11 th , the special committee authorized its counsel to negotiate definitive documents and determined that any acquisition should be conditioned on approval of a majority of the disinterested stockholders. The Company and the Acquiror entered into a definitive merger agreement on October 31 st.

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