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The Business Owner's Journal (BOJ) is a expert's column on a critical topic designed to stimulate thinking and initiate planning to Increase the VALUE of YOUR Business. This journal is written each by Richard Mowrey, who is a Certified Business Appraiser (CBA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI). Richard's experience and expertise in real world business appraisal and ownership transfer issues and his direct writing style will highlight methods to enhance business performance and ways to minimize the risk of losing some of this value during a transaction.
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Volume 1: Capital Budgeting: A Recurring Management Opportunity
Performance enhancement is the result of doing many, many things right. Effective budgeting to provide for capital requirements and to control operating costs are critical parts of the effort to increase busines value over time. The annual process of developing operating and capital budgets should be viewed as an opportunity to test and adjust strategies and tactics. span style="text . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 2: Is it the Economy
There has been an increased level of discuss about the economy in recent weeks. Talking about the economy is only the first step. What every business owner must do is truly think about how this and every economic cycle will effect his or her business. The "economy" is the ocean in which every business vessel sales! You cannot effectively pilot a ship without methods to continously learning . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 3: Deciding to Sell...Deciding to Hold
Most business owners know that the properly timed sale of a successful business to the right buyer can provide significant personal and financial benefits. However, knowing it and doing it can or be quite different. Just contemplating the sale or merger of a business causes the business owner to face a unique set of challenges. Not only must the owner, with the help of advisors, attract a buyer wh . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 4: Do You Have an Exit Strategy?
Do you have a PICTURE of what YOUR business will look like " when it is done"! When Tom Watson took charge at IBM one of the key advantages he had was his vision. Mr. Watson had a clear picture in his mind of exact IBM would look like “when it was done.” This clear “picture of the future com . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 5: Let Us Not Forget the Past
Looking Back at Merger's & Acquisitions in 2001 John Johnson, the President of the M & A Source, the worlds largest organization of middle-market intermediaries, recently reported the following information to the organization's members: "U.S. mergers and acquisitions fell 16.4 percent off last year's pace to 8,224 transactions, the percentage year-over-year drop in volume since 1987. Total . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 6: Weathering A Recession... How To Stay Upbeat in the Downturn
How should business owners react to an economic slowdown? There are two schools of thought. One says that business should cut expenses and prepare to ride out the recession storm. The other says that the recession may be the best time to take positive steps and prepare for brighter days ahead. A combination of both might be the best . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 8: Reposition To Increase Your Effectiveness
[This BOJ issue will focus on the importance and potential magic of "repositioning."] (Adapted from a memo by Bill Myers, a master marketer and strategic thinker extraordinaire.) Every spring, the major cruise ship lines offer what are known as 'repositioning cruises'. These are special extended cruises that offer the vacation seeker a long cruise at a bar . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 9: How To Get Paid for Synergy
They is lots of talk about synergism. Every deal maker and every acquiring business is always looking for this elusive benefit of combining two or more operating busineses. Many think they find it, some really find only part of it, and a few both find it and realize the true synergistic benefits post integration. The major mistake most acquires make is to expect too much ben . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 10: Who are Today's Active Business Buyers
What Type of Business Buyers are in Today's Market Place? When it's time to consider selling a company, every business owner should consider and understand the different types of buyers that may be interested in purchasing it. Each type of buyer brings their own pluses and minuses to the table, while can dramatically effect the deal structure and the deal price. . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 11: Supply and Demand
Even in questionable economic times, privately owned, mid-size businesses are always sought after for acquisition by sophisticated buyers. The question is not demand, but supply. Learn how to create demand for YOUR business... . . . keep reading >>
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Volume 12: Understanding Value Drivers
Every business owner is interested in ways to increase the value of his or her business. The problem is that most business owners separate this “desire” to increase business value from daily operations, and they spend little time developing a business strategy to maximize the value of their business . Addressing this situation is important because many business transfers are c . . . keep reading >>
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