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Importance of Sales, Revenue & EBITDA & Profits on Business Valuations – Shark Tank

Importance of Sales, Revenue & EBITDA & Profits on Business Valuations – Shark Tank

The Third Product in the Shark Tank was Tereson Dupuy of FuzziBunz which you can find on Amazon.com.  FuzziBunz are a 100% resuable diapering product, that  are eco friendly and money saving.  A seeming win win product in that it is eco friendly and money saving.  Of course, there is the yuck factor of handling a reusable diaper and washing them.  Aside from that the main crux of the segment is that Tereson Dupuy had … Read entire article »

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Negotiation Clinic: The Art of Leverage When Selling – More Shark Tank Business Lessons

Negotiation Clinic: The Art of Leverage When Selling – More Shark Tank Business Lessons

Third into the Shark Tank were Abby Jordan & Becky App. They were there to represent eCreamery.com.  eCreamery.com is an online gift shop for gelato and ice cream with many custom flavors. At the time of taping, the duo were operating a retail location as well. eCreamery.com had recent year sales of $750,000 but only bottom line profit of $60,000. This is not unusual, retail brick and mortar businesses have a lot of overhead in Rent, … Read entire article »

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Shark Tank Business Lessons: Negotiation Lessons of Leverage

Shark Tank Business Lessons: Negotiation Lessons of Leverage

The Shark Tank update segment was about Rick Hopper’s Readerest, which is also known as SpecSecure. Obviously, the deal with Lori Greiner has worked out, but read this previous article that details what a masterful negotiation job Greiner did, and how Hopper could have kept significantly MORE equity and kept more of the ongoing profit. In short, there was no way Greiner was going to NOT make the deal. The product is PERFECT for a … Read entire article »

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Increasing the Value of a Business: Exit Strategy Planning for Selling a Business

Increasing the Value of a Business: Exit Strategy Planning for Selling a Business

Want to make your business more valuable?  A business owner should always have the long term in mind when operating a business.  This means doing things to make the business more valuable upon transfer, whether it be by sale to an arms length third party buyer, or in some other fashion. Additional Text is below the embedded Video Here are some basic things to consider in regards to Increase the Value Of a Business Customers: • Minimize Customer Concentration: … Read entire article »

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Lease Expiring: Holdover Clauses in Industrial & Retail Leases

Lease Expiring: Holdover Clauses in Industrial & Retail Leases

When the premises lease for a business expires, what happens?  Does it just become a month to month lease at the same rate as before?  Do you have the right to stay in the premises?  Once a Commercial Retail or Industrial lease expires, the lease doesn’t necessarily convert to a month to month lease.  Often times a Commercial Retail or Industrial lease will have a Holdover clause that will dictate the terms of maintaining possession of … Read entire article »

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