Is Your Business Broker Qualified to Sell Your Company? 7 Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask By Chad Peterson | Peterson Acquisitions Selling your business is likely one of the most significant financial decisions you’ll ever make. Choosing the right business broker or M&A advisor can determine whether your...

The best exits don’t start when a buyer submits an offer. They start months, sometimes years, earlier.  Preparing early gives you room to strengthen your financials, clean up problems, organize your documentation, and define exactly what you want your life to look like after the sale. A professional business...

Only 5% of Business Sellers Know What They’re Doing. The Other 95% Are Sheep. By Chad Peterson | Peterson Acquisitions Selling a business is the largest financial transaction most owners will ever make. It is also the one they are least prepared for. I have spent my career on...

The Next Larger Business (NLB): How Business Owners Trade Up Like Homeowners Do By Chad Peterson | Peterson Acquisitions Almost every business owner I meet already understands the strategy I am about to describe. They just have never applied it to their company. Think about how you got to...

Why the Wealthiest Business Owners Don’t Build Bigger Companies—They Build Bigger Balance Sheets By Chad Peterson | Peterson Acquisitions For decades, entrepreneurs have been taught the same formula: Grow revenue. Grow profits. Hire more employees. Open more locations. Scale. Scale. Scale. It’s become the accepted path to wealth. I...

At Peterson Acquisitions, we’ve closed a lot of deals  and if there’s one thing we tell every client early, it’s this: renegotiation should be the exception, not the rule. When a business sale is run correctly from day one, the terms you agree to at the letter of intent...

One of the most common misconceptions among business owners is that selling a business represents the finish line. After years, and often decades, of hard work, sacrifice, risk, and perseverance, many entrepreneurs envision the sale of their company as the moment they finally arrive. The business is sold, the...

  For the past several years, the internet has been flooded with self-proclaimed acquisition gurus promising ordinary people the ability to buy businesses with little or no money down. They sell courses, coaching programs, masterminds, and mentorships built around the idea that business ownership is simply a matter of...

The Ultimate Guide to Business Broker Marketing: How to Find the Right Professional Business Broker Introduction: Understanding Business Broker Marketing In today’s competitive marketplace, business owners looking to buy or sell a company need the expertise of a professional business broker. However, not all brokers are created equal, and...

Introduction Welcome to the dark side of entrepreneurship. We’re about to dive into a gritty reality that many small business owners face but rarely talk about. Brace yourself as we explore The Passion Cycle™ and how it can suck the life out of you and your business, leaving you...