Sell Your Business Your Way: Getting Out, Getting Rich, and Getting on with Your Life - Tapa dura

"The book is down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny... A useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is quite down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny, and wisely advises sellers to calm themselves before letting a small demand or issue from a serious buyer gum up the works. In all, a useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny... A useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is quite down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny, and wisely advises sellers to calm themselves before letting a small demand or issue from a serious buyer gum up the works. In all, a useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny... A useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is quite down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny, and wisely advises sellers to calm themselves before letting a small demand or issue from a serious buyer gum up the works. In all, a useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is quite down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny, and wisely advises sellers to calm themselves before letting a small demand or issue from a serious buyer gum up the works. In all, a useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com "The book is down-to-earth in anticipating the emotional stress that comes with being under an acquirer's scrutiny... A useful guide." -David Gumpert, Businessweek.com

For entrepreneurs whose sweat and blood have built a company and made it what it is, selling the business means navigating new and potentially dangerous territory often without the benefit of corporate lawyers, accountants, and other specialists to show the way

Sell Your Business Your Way walks readers through the entire process of selling, from valuation and preparing the business for sale to finding a buyer and assembling and closing the deal.

Key features

In the next few years, up to 40% of the CEO’s of family-held businesses will retire, necessitating some serious ownership decisions that can not be made lightly

This book presents several different ways to structure deals, making sure the seller is both well-compensated and confident in the future of the business he or she built

Rickertsen also discusses some of the politics and emotions of selling a family- or privately- held company, and how to resolve such issues without compromising on the result

From the Foreword by Michael Lewis: In Buyout [Rickertsen] sought to put you beyond the greedy grasp of Wall Street investment bankers. Here he helps put you in position to actually purchase a few Wall Street investment bankers, and do whatever you want with them