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Why a Proper Electronic Data Room is Important

Years ago, the data room for a M&A transaction was an actual secure room in the building filled with banker boxes stuffed with due diligence information and only one interested party at a time could gain access to the data room. If an interested party wanted to take information back to their office for additional…
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The Siburg Company Is Proud to Announce the Sale of Free Spirit Publishing to Teacher Created Materials

  The Siburg Company is proud to announce! The Siburg Company is here to help with your exit strategy! The Siburg Company specializes in sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions advisory services. Contact us at (480) 502-2800

Selling or Buying a buisness

How Interests Rates Can Affect a Business’s Valuation

When it comes to either buying or selling a business, interest rates can affect a business’s valuation. Transactions, big or small, generally have some portion of the purchase price financed with debt. As the cost of financing the debt portion of a purchase transaction increases, the value placed on a business can go down to…
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What the plan for landing in retirement in 2022?

What the plan for landing in retirement in 2022? A business exit strategy will make the landing in retirement easier. No matter what the reason, contact The Siburg Company to discuss selling your business. The Siburg Company specializes in sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions advisory services. Contact us at (480) 502-2800

Selling the Business to Retire

There are numerous reasons and life events that can motivate a business owner to sell their business; a change in priorities that favors family, retirement or personal interest (vocation) outside of the business. A business owner often sells their business to diversify their personal financial holdings.  When a majority of an owner’s net worth is…
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Planning to Sell the Business?

Owner(s) often sell their business to diversify their personal financial holdings.  When a majority of an owner’s net worth is tied up in the business, the owner(s) often sell their business to lower their risk concentration and increase their personal liquidity by selling their business. There are numerous reasons and life events that can motivate…
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Chart of Average Weekly Hours Worked in UK from the Year 1260 to 2016

The chart below was constructed by the Bank of England as part of the Three Centuries of Macroeconomic Data project by combining data from a number of academic and official sources. Understanding hours worked helps determine the amount of time available for leisure and the measurement of productivity depends on the measurement of hours worked.…
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Importance of Proprietary Product Lines and Brands to the Business

Proprietary Product Lines and Brands Help a Company! Proprietary product lines and brands provide a business with complete ownership and control over their product lines and brands. A business with proprietary lines and brands controls the product’s price, quality, branding, and image in distribution. With proprietary product lines and brands the business controls distributor’s sales…
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Chart of Labor Force Participation Rate from January 1948 to August 2021

The chart below shows that while economic conditions have been improving, the labor force has been slower to rebound.  The participation rate has fallen from above 67% in 2000 to under 63% in 2019.  Of course, the effects of the pandemic are noticeable as more than 8 million workers left the labor force between February…
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100-Day Employee-Integration Plan for Mergers and Acquisitions

By Bruce Haseley, SPHR, and Daniel R. Siburg, CPA, CVA Before employees who were part of a merger or acquisition can commit to a new business organization that resulted from the transaction, they need the answer to the one question they all share: How does this affect me? A 100-day employee-integration plan and an effective…
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