M&A Guides & Resources
Expert guides on buying, selling, and valuing businesses. Whether you're a first-time seller or experienced acquirer, find the resources you need.
Featured Guides
How to Sell a Business
The complete guide to selling your business, from preparation through closing. Learn about valuation, finding buyers, negotiation, and the due diligence process.
How to Buy a Business
A comprehensive guide for first-time and experienced buyers. Covers deal sourcing, valuation analysis, due diligence, financing, and post-acquisition integration.
Business Valuation Methods
Understand how businesses are valued, from SDE and EBITDA multiples to asset-based and DCF approaches. Learn what drives valuations in different industries.
How to Sell to Private Equity
How PE firms acquire businesses, what they pay by buyer type, equity rollover and the "second bite," what happens to your employees, and how to reach PE buyers without listing publicly.
Business Broker vs. Selling Direct
Brokers charge 8-12% commission. Compare brokers, public marketplaces like BizBuySell, and off-market direct sales across cost, timeline, confidentiality, and buyer quality.
Taxes When You Sell Your Business
Capital gains run 15-20% federally, but asset vs. stock structure, purchase price allocation, depreciation recapture, QSBS, and state tax change what you actually keep.
Succession Planning for Business Owners
Your exit options compared — family transfer, management buyout, ESOP, and sale to PE or a search fund — plus the no-successor scenario and how to make the business run without you.
More Resources
Business Valuation Calculator
Get an instant valuation estimate based on your industry and financials.
EBITDA Multiples by Industry
Explore typical valuation multiples across 25+ industries.
Market Deal Flow
Explore business opportunities across all 50 states.
Seller Q&A: 50+ Answers
Direct, sourced answers on valuation, selling to PE, brokers, taxes, and timing.
What You'll Learn
Our guides cover the full lifecycle of M&A transactions, from initial planning through successful closing. Written for business owners and buyers who want practical, actionable advice.
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Whether you're buying or selling, our team can help you navigate the process. Start with a confidential conversation.