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How to Set a Realistic Timeline For Selling Your Business
Exit Planning, M&A, Owner Considerations
How to Set a Realistic Timeline Selling your Business Once one decides to sell a business, there is often great urgency to close a deal sooner rather than later. However, selling a business is an invariably slow process; it generally takes between six months and one...
How Do I Accurately Measure The Value of My Business Before I Sell?
M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation
You have spent a lifetime building your business, you know every intimate detail about your company and its industry, but now it might be time to think about selling it. Your business has been an invaluable part of your life – it may have even been passed down through...
How to Increase the Value of Your Business for a Sale
M&A, Sell-side, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation, Exit Planning, Value Creation
As you look into the future, the day may be approaching when it is time to sell your business. If so, naturally your goal will be to get the most value out of your life’s work. But the price your business will fetch on the market is reliant on many factors, some of...
Merit Harbor Group, LLC and JD Ford & Company Announce Strategic Business Combination
Companies will now operate as Merit Investment Bank & Co. Seattle, WA / Denver, CO March 4, 2019— Merit Harbor Group, LLC and JD Ford & Company have announced a strategic business combination, transitioning their companies and staff to form Merit Investment...
Tips for Choosing an M&A Advisory Firm
M&A, Sell-side, Buy-side, Owner Considerations, Industry Insights
M&A advisors can add real value to a transaction. Here are a few tips to consider when choosing an M&A advisor to partner with as you begin to prepare for a sale. Get Your Books in Order Having your books in order can speed the sale along, and will instill...