November 15, 2023

Take Five #070: Buyer brings $40K to $2.5M business purchase, gets 80% equity, and more

Take Five #070: Buyer brings $40K to $2.5M business purchase, gets 80% equity, and more

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Take Five #070: Buyer brings $40K to $2.5M business purchase, gets 80% equity, and more

1. Top 5 negotiation mistakes with case study link in the comments

2. Can you use the seller’s cash for a down payment (and should you)?

Business broker David C. Barnett details how to determine whether a buyer can use a business’s own cash to purchase it, whether it’s a viable option, and how to structure and normalize a balance sheet.

3. Buyer brings $40K to $2.5M business purchase, gets 80% equity

4. How to analyze a balance sheet in less than 2 minutes

5. Lessons from the rise and fall of GE

Today’s gem is a chart depicting General Electric’s (GE) epic value destruction and some discussion around the rise and fall of the company.

Do you know what’s better than studying a super successful company? Studying a once-super successful company turned average (or failure).

GE traces its origins back to the late 1800s as a manufacturer. It grew into an industrial powerhouse before becoming a bloated stallworth.

Read Jay Vasantharajah’s full article here.

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