Tips on How to Sell Your Business Selling your company is a big decision. Here’s how to manage the process and get to a successful sale. It’s almost the fourth quarter, that time when business owners take stock of the past year and start planning for
Read more →Business Owners’ Net Worth Protected From US Credit Rating Downgrade
If you own a private company, then … lucky you. Several clients have contacted me wanting to know what impact the market slides are having on their company valuation, and the answer is: ALMOST NONE. That’s right. None. Almost. The reason is that private companies are valued
Read more →What an Entrepreneur Is…and Is Not.
In the January 2011 issue of Fast Company magazine, Bill Taylor said “too much entrepreneurship is a bad thing.” I read that same quote in 1999 from a leading venture capitalist, who was chastised for saying it in The Industry Standard. I agree with both of them, but think
Read more →Allegiance Capital is the eighth company I’ve built. As an entrepreneur and an investment banker, I’ve learned from my own mistakes and the mistakes I’ve watched others make. Beware of these pitfalls: 1. Putting off the exit planning exercise I can’t tell you how many times Allegiance
Read more →Family Business Succession Planning and Your Exit Strategy: Be Sale Ready
Pam Ragon, Senior Vice President, talks about Allegiance Capital Corporation’s unique operations and details the importance of succession planning in an exit strategy. Being “Sale Ready” means more than just considering exit strategy options, Ragon says, instead you have to have a well-rounded plan with lots of lead
Read more →Selling a Family Owned Business: A Construction Company Case Study
Allegiance Capital specializes in representing family owned businesses in sale. Here’s an example of how, despite a number of challenges and obstacles, the Allegiance Capital team led the successful sale of a family owned business, a construction company in Arizona. The majority owner and CEO of this
Read more →Selling a Business: Tricks of the Trade
At Allegiance, we are very good at getting premium prices for our sellers and successfully closing transactions for our buyers. Our secret is educating the seller (whether we are representing the seller or not) on how to get a better offer (price and terms). The better the
Read more →THREE CHEERS FOR METALBENDERS: An Industry Valuation Update
Engineered metal parts manufacturers are enjoying a nice recovery and robust M&A activity If you machine it, stamp it, bend it, roll it, shear it, forge it, or cast it, chances are you’re selling more of it, and earning more profit doing so, versus last year. Such
Read more →Tootie Pie Co. Looks at Growth Equity
Don Merrill is the President and CEO of Tootie Pie Company. They have grown the brand substantially in five years. Now, growth equity might make sense as they expand their footprint of retail cafes. Here’s Allegiance Capital’s Ryan Foley visiting with Don Merill about his interest in
Read more →Privately-funded EBSCO Comes to Texas to Connect
EBSCO is a private, family fund with a portfolio of more than 40 businesses. Their model involves acquiring 100% of the equity in a business and providing strong incentives for the management team. Matt is at the TX ACG Capital Connection looking for opportunities in promotional products,
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