All indications are that changes to the tax code are coming. These are needed to fund the sharp uptick in government spending and are...

By Lindsey Rust What role do skill and luck play in our failures or successes? Skill, defined as the ability to apply knowledge readily...

By Deven Desai You may be thinking: Why should I sell my company when I have grown and built it from the ground up with years or decades...

By Keshav Narendra-Babu Working capital is the operational liquidity of a business or the capital need in order to run the business,...

UPDATE (January 1, 2021): The Small Business Pulse Surveys, which the U.S. Census Bureau discontinued in June 2020, resumed in August and...

In almost all cases, the most value-enhancing course of action for the owner of a small business is to stay the course and not sell. ...

By Will Zimmermann It is incredibly hard to predict the future, especially the future of the economy. How would I have predicted the...

Business owners interested in selling their companies often turn to business brokers, investment banks, and other intermediaries for...

UPDATE (January 1, 2021): Linked new Pepperdine Private Capital Markets report and updates to the text. Business owners often wonder how...

There are a number of different types of buyers out there who might be interested in acquiring your company. These different types of...