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The book contains many valuable insights into our refreshingly different approach.
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- Who is this booklet for?
- Cutting across traditional methodology
- Why sell?
- Chapter 3
- Preparing to sell
- Consider objectives
- Good documentation
- Future projections
- Negotiation training
- Confidentiality
- Employing key managers - right or wrong?
- Chapter 5
- Stage one - Project brief
- Content/key elements
- The prospectus
- Profiling the ideal buyer
- Home vs. Overseas
- Chapter 7
- Stage three - First contact
- The problem of tradition (mailing)
- Maintaining initiative and control
- Features and benefits
- Introducing competition
- Chapter 9
- Stage five - Concluding the deal
- Final choice
- Confidentiality
- Due diligenc
- Heads of terms
- Sale and purchase agreement
- Completion
- Appendix A
- Questions from the BCMS project Briefing Form
- Chapter 2
- Why do so many companies fail to sell?
- The traditional approach to selling a private company
- Key factors that influence a successful sale
- Chapter 4
- Valuation
- Traditional methodologies
- Multiples of what?
- The 2.5 times rule
- Step change business plans
- Chapter 6
- Stage two - Finding a choice of buyers
- Obvious vs opportunism
- UK and overseas
- BCMS resources
- Reviewing and ringfencing
- Research keys
- Chapter 8
- Stage four - Negotiating the deal
- Qualification criteria
- Trading information
- Dry run meeting
- The 30% rule
- Traps to avoid
- Using choice
- The bidding process
- Negotiating techniques
- Chapter 10
- Final thoughts 3
- Appendix B
- The BCMS 78-point checklist
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