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How an owner prepared for a year and sold for more

How to use this case study

Send it to owners thinking of selling. One story of a year of preparation shows what a broker changes, which a list of services cannot.

What is inside

Where the owner startedHe had run the firm for twenty years and wanted to retire.
What changed in the year before the salePersonal costs taken out.
What made it workClean accounts: Clear profit for buyers to see.
The resultsOffer
What any owner can copySeparate personal costs: From the business accounts.

Three title ideas for your own version

How an owner prepared for a year and sold for more
What changed when an owner got ready to sell
One owner's year from first thought to sale

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LinkedInlocal business groupsaccountants who refer ownersyour valuation enquiry page

What goes in a business sale case study?

One owner from start to finish: the early offer, what buyers worried about, the changes made in the year before, the final sale and what any owner can copy.

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