Sellability Driver 6 of 8: The Monopoly Control

The Monopoly Control speaks of your business having control in pricing the product, not being commoditised, and there is a differentiated marketing proposition. Video Transcript: The monopoly control is an attribute of sellability that means you’ve got control over how you price your product. You’re not being commoditised essentially because you’re unique and different on…

Sellability Driver 5 of 8: The Hierarchy of Recurring Revenue

This driver of the sellability explains that the more recurring the more valuable the business is. It discussed the 6 forms of hierarchy from bottom to top. Video Transcript: When a buyer comes in and buy your business they wanna understand how’s this business gonna continue when you, the owner leaves, and so the more…

Sellability Driver 3 of 8: The Switzerland Structure

The third driver speaks of a business being independent – not dependent to one customer, one employee, and one supplier. A business should be able to diversify by not being too dependent to one customer, one employee, and one supplier. Video Transcript: The Switzerland structure gets its name from the country of Switzerland, so if…

5 Ways To Attract the Attention of a Business Buyer

5 Ways To Attract the Attention of a Business Buyer

In any negotiation, being the person who makes the first move usually puts them at a slight disadvantage. The first-mover tips their hand and reveals just how much he/she wants the asset being negotiated. Q2 2014 Sellability Tracker 16% of business owners have received an offer in the last year.. Likewise, when considering the sale…

Sellability Driver 1 of 8: Financial Performance

The first driver speaks of identifying your top line and bottom line revenue. It is identifying the quality of reporting those numbers, investing in audit, so numbers would be as defendable as your business is. Video Transcript: To build the sellability score, we built a quantitative marker research with business owners. We discovered that there…