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Boosting Business Profitability

Business Consulting Agency

This includes scrutinizing income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Sales and Marketing Optimization Sales and marketing are pivotal to revenue generation. Business consultants assess existing sales and marketing strategies, identify areas for improvement, and recommend tailored solutions.

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The Challenges of Buying (and Selling) a Business

Martinka Consulting

There’s no MLS, the seller doesn’t want anybody to know the business is for sale, there’s a lot more information to verify, and comparable sales information is limited. When taking over a business you have to deal with customers, employees, operations, culture, cashflow, and more. Run it as a business, not a lifestyle.

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M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Such transactions typically happen between two businesses that are about the same size and which recognize advantages the other offers in terms of increasing sales, efficiencies, and capabilities. If there are debts owed by each organization, then the M&A process may increase the total balance sheet debt of the combined company.

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5 Steps to Hiring the Right Talent

LSA Global

As you purposefully build your company and your corporate culture, selecting the right talent—the talent that fits the job and your organization—is critical. You should come up with a targeted list of the knowledge, skills, motivations and competencies needed to perform the job successfully in your unique workplace culture.

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Getting Your Deal Done

Martinka Consulting

You may think it sexy to make something but if you’re a sales type with no manufacturing experience it’s probably a road to disaster. Have a strong balance sheet. I recently saw a business for sale and on the surface it looked great, with $1 million of earnings. I’ll know it when I see it doesn’t work. Yep, the seller.

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3 Common M&A Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business

Experience has taught me that the art of good M&A requires a combination of careful research, emotional intelligence, and attention to detail that might otherwise get overlooked; due diligence requires more than a scan through boxes of contracts and reviewing the balance sheet. In 2005, eBay spent $2.6

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business

Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales. Accordingly, we examined intangible resources (captured through Tobin’s q, a measure of the value of the firm not captured by its balance sheets), financial resources, and physical resources.

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