INSIGHTS

Competitive barriers to entry increase business marketability

Businesses with low barriers to entry for competitors tend to be worth less than businesses with high barriers to entry. To the extent...

The impact of recurring vs repeat vs one-time revenue when selling a business.

Companies with strong repeat business tend to be much more attractive to business acquirers than businesses that primarily have one-time...

The immigrant and entrepreneurship interplay

The following video of restaurant entrepreneur, chef Lauro Romero, is an inspiring story of self determination, risk taking,...

An unethical business brokerage tactic for securing clients

Codiligent business brokers strives to maintain the highest level of integrity and ethics, and I am particularly sensitive to this in...

Is business booming? Want to retire in the next five years? Don't put off selling your business.

It's fun to own a business when times are good. You're selling in-demand products and services, gaining appreciative clients, creating...

How many hours a week do you work?

It may go without saying that a business where an owner works fewer hours to produce the same level of profit is going to tend to be more...