Strategic Planning and Management Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

How do you valuate a small business?

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life? Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants.

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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

For PE firms, cash flow, EBITDA, and low cap ex are very important.” ” Let’s translate the above for small business and our personal lives. Cash flow – one of my rules for both business buyers and sellers is, “Cash (and cash flow) is King.”

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 23, 2023

That’s where business startup consultants and their expertise through consulting services play a pivotal role. Learn how working with a business startup consultant can significantly improve the chances of success in a startup venture. Unleashing business startup success with startup consultants.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 31, 2018

How can other self-employed consultants become wealthy too? Reflecting on my years as an independent consultant, I’ve boiled it down to five keys to success. Five Steps to Becoming a Millionaire Consultant 1. Subcontractors to an agency or consulting firm are usually paid about 65% of what they are worth. But I digress.)

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Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 31, 2020

We’re in an unprecedented situation because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the economic fallout has been drastic for many business sectors, such as travel and restaurants. For us as consultants, the effects are likely to be more gradual but our income will likely be affected. A loan from the Small Business Administration 3.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

If cash is tight, let them know, work out payment plans, and above all, don’t be silent about it. Work with your bank , especially if you have a term loan and cash flow issues. The post Small Business Survival Tips During COVID-19 appeared first on Martinka Consulting. Communicate with your suppliers.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 11, 2023

Entrepreneurs and investors embarking on a startup venture can greatly benefit from the support of a business consulting agency. In this article, we will showcase the tremendous benefits of starting a business with the help of a business consulting agency.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Owners of small businesses can set their own hours, make their own management decisions, and take pride in the ownership of their work. So, the remaining question about being a small firm CEO is the monetary reward; if the money is nearly the same, then the compensation as a small business CEO dominates other careers.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It requires a well-thought-out plan, strategic decision-making, and comprehensive knowledge of various business aspects. To help navigate these challenges and maximize the chances of success, entrepreneurs often turn to business startup consulting services. Find success with business startups through professional assistance.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

This article covers two sides of the same coin for independent consultants: how to set up your business for success and what expenses to track to pay less tax. Those are the big-ticket items related to making taxes less painful, but the list is incomplete if you intend to be a savvy business owner. They're interrelated.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 30, 2022

Business professionals and experts are available. Access to them is gained through consulting services. Business consulting services are the right fit for anyone starting a business or required assistance to make improvements. Consulting services are generally utilized when help is needed in business.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Because an acquisition spree got them to the size they are but also saddled them with massive amounts of debt And there’s a lesson here for small businesses and individuals. Many things can derail a business’s value (customer concentration, owner dependency, etc.) and there’s nothing wrong with manageable debt. Ray Bradbury.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The onus is on online bookmakers and sports betting operators to incorporate 5G technology into business strategy in order to improve their services and make sports betting more enjoyable. He has experience in handling diverse industries, from fast-moving consumer goods to business-to-business hardware retailers.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. There’s a lot of money available to help small businesses, and it seems like there’ll be more available as we work to make more jobs.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And then we get to my world of small business where it’s usually not malicious but is accounting incompetence. The post Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence appeared first on Martinka Consulting. The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once fount it may easily be lost again.” Karl Popper.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 18, 2021

EBITDA ‡ FCF – Sam’s comments about how you can’t calculate ROI based on EBITDA when it’s a capital expenditure type business sounds like one of my Myths of Business Valuation: Using EBITDA in a capital-intensive business will burn the buyer. You must use free cash flow to truly calculate ROI.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 2, 2015

In my world of small business buy-sell there are almost as many ways to inflate a business’s income as there are on Wall Street. Banks factor in a salary figure before they determine cash flow for debt coverage. The post Fraud or Just Marketing appeared first on Martinka Consulting. Bob Marley.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Dependencies are a huge issue in most small businesses. And an owner dependency is often the brightest red flag for most profitable small businesses. That won’t happen; there’s more risk in smaller businesses than larger, so the desired return on investment is higher. Dependencies reduced.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 7, 2015

The same is true with small businesses when it comes time to sell. I’m seeing more and more owners of small businesses ($3-10 million or so in sales) thinking their company is going to be priced the same as a $50-100 million firm. or less) have said to me: I heard my business is worth 5-7X EBITDA.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Cash flow will be erratic, and it takes time (sometimes years) before you feel confident about making a living as a solopreneur. When you subcontract through an agency or consulting firm you are usually paid about 65 percent of what you're worth. Get repeat business. Most agencies take a 35 percent fee. Spend wisely.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

It’s because there are a lot of assumptions in business valuations, which makes valuing a business an art as well as a science. In the Discounted Future Cash Flow method profits are projected (same as the first issue) and discounted back to a present value. An outsider may ask, how is this possible?

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 3, 2017

Fast Company recently had an article titled, “ Forget Startups Just Buy a Small Business from a Retiring Entrepreneur.” Entrepreneurism isn’t for everybody and if it is for you, and especially if you don’t have an idea for the next greatest thing (or don’t want to put in 80 hour plus weeks), consider buying a business.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Record number of small business sales in 2018! More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Our first question is: what is “small?” Pretty small. Ten percent buyer down payment (minimum), which frees up cash to grow the business.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

Even if you don’t need to know a lot about finance to do your day-to-day job, the more conversant you are on the subject, the better off you’ll be, according to Richard Ruback, a professor at Harvard Business School and the coauthor of the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 28, 2021

On April 5 the Wall Street Journal had a frontpage article titled, “ Small-Business Owners Feel Weight of Personal Debt Guarantees. While it wasn’t all about bank loans, a large portion of the article was about lease guarantees, as I’ve previously written personal guarantees are common with small-business bank loans. .

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Cash flow is, however, the tricky one. Small business accounting tends to make cash flow a moving target anyway and a lot of owners “manage by checkbook.” The post Inflate the Swimming Toys Not Your Assets appeared first on Martinka Consulting. Anticipated capital expenditures” is the key phrase.

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