May 2009                                                   

   Cashing In!
 
Selling Your Company For Maximum Profit
 

                                                  Douglas Group

 
Opportunities to Buy?

We have been approached over the past six months by increasing numbers of companies curious about the potential in this sagging economy to consider acquiring a competitor for the potential benefit of enhanced strength together. This can be a great time for opportune acquisitions, and today's article is written with the intent to help in those efforts.  

The most common questions we hear are:

1.    If I have a competitor who is struggling, how can I best approach them to pursue the possibility of acquisition?

2.    When should I discuss value issues with my prospective seller?

This can be a great time to make a move toward potential additions, but the initial approach can be critical to the seller's receptivity toward putting something together.  The initial call to a competitor should be........................................Read More



Written by Deborah Douglas, Managing Director of the Douglas Group, a St. Louis-based private investment banking firm which represents sellers of middle-market companies. Ms. Douglas is also author of "Cashing In!"  For more information, contact her at  ddouglas@douglasgroup.net or call 314-991-5150.
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Free Value Assessment

By knowing what causes value and how great deals are made, you can put your company in position to someday be the source of enormous personal wealth. We can show you the key control points to maximize business value, to solidify your business foundation, and to eventually ensure top value in your company.  Just visit our website at www.douglasgroup.net.


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Owning a Salable Company
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Why & When To Sell

How Competition Increases
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The Secret Benefit of the Intermediary Shield


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