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Timing – The Third Variable in Your Selling Equation

Timing – The Third Variable in Your Selling Equation By Brian Goodhart Timing, as they say, is everything. Well not exactly everything, but it is very important. And it is yet another deeply personal factor that comes into play whenever deals are contemplated. In my last post I discussed Involvement and how each business owner …

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Involvement – The Second Variable in Your Selling Equation

Involvement – The Second Variable in Your Selling Equation By Brian Goodhart Involvement is perhaps one of the most complex and personal variables involved in the selling equation. Unlike valuation, there are no trained professionals in this field who use proven methods to arrive at a mathematically sound option. Involvement is inherently personal and as …

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Introducing “Your Selling Equation”

Introducing Your Selling Equation By Brian Goodhart, Director of Capstone’s M&A Advisory Services Your Sales Equation  =  ∑ (V, I, T, O, S) Recently I was re-reading Successful Acquisitions, by Capstone CEO David Braun and I happened across his comment that “All businesses are for sale, if you have the right equation.” That question about …

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