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Selling Your Canadian Business
Selling Your Canadian Businesses: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing Value and Securing Your Legacy is the roadmap you need to achieve a successful sale.
Tailored for owners of Canadian businesses, this podcast provides actionable steps to navigate the complex M&A process in Canada. From personal and family preparation to leveraging tax benefits like the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (LCGE), expert insights will help you maximize value and secure your legacy.
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Episodes
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Should You Sell Your Business or Hold Off Another Year?
In this podcast, we explore one of the most common and difficult questions business owners face: should you sell your business now or hold off another year?…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Public Company Seeking to Buy a Business / Equity Investment.
In this podcast, we explore how public companies approach the process of acquiring a business or making strategic equity investments. From identifying the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What's Necessary to Successfully Sell Your Business?
In this podcast, we explore what is truly necessary to successfully sell your business and why the skills required to build a company are not the same as those…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Understanding Working Capital Adjustments at Close: A CEO’s Guide.
In this podcast, we break down the concept of working capital adjustments at closing and why they play a crucial role in determining the final sale price of a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Does It Mean to Normalize Financial Statements?
In this podcast, we break down what it means to normalize financial statements and why this step is essential in any serious business valuation. Normalization…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Avoid Getting Caught Off Guard When Selling Your Company.
In this podcast, we explore how business owners can protect themselves from unexpected retrades when selling their company. A retrade occurs when a buyer…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How to Execute a Successful Management Buyout.
In this podcast, we explore the key components of a successful management buyout and why it can be one of the most effective business transition strategies for…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Yesterday's Business Valuation Is No Longer Relevant.
In this podcast, we explore why business valuations are constantly evolving and why yesterday’s valuation may no longer reflect today’s market reality. As…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Why Ignore Business Transition Planning?
In this podcast, we examine why business transition planning is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, responsibilities of business ownership…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Twelve Elements of Success When Selling Your Company.
In this podcast, we explore the twelve critical elements that can help business owners maximize value and achieve a successful company sale. From preparing…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Serial Entrepreneur Seeking Acquisition.
In this podcast, we explore the journey of a serial entrepreneur actively seeking acquisition opportunities and the strategies behind identifying, evaluating…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
10 Reasons Why Owners Should Get a Business Valuation.
This podcast episode explores the 10 most important reasons why every business owner should obtain a professional business valuation, regardless of whether…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Discovery: The Value of Comprehensive Buyer Research
This episode details how comprehensive market research and strategic buyer identification significantly enhance the final sale price of a business. Through the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Perseverance: Navigating Due Diligence Challenges
This episode illustrates the arduous due diligence process involved in selling a multi-million dollar environmental services firm. After receiving a high…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Reflection: The Bittersweet Reality of Closing
This episode illustrates the emotional and psychological challenges that business owners often face after selling their companies. While the financial closing…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Triumph: The Power of Process Discipline
This episode illustrates how rigorous process discipline serves as a vital catalyst for maximizing value during a business sale. Although the protagonist…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Transition Planning? – Why Owners Should Get a Business Valuation
This podcast episode explores why transition planning is one of the most important responsibilities a business owner will ever face and why obtaining a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Discovery: The Value of Comprehensive Buyer Research
Through a case study involving a veteran transportation business owner, this episode illustrates the critical importance of comprehensive buyer research during…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Founder's Realisation: The Power of Professional Presentation
This episode illustrates the transformative power of professional marketing when selling an established business. Initially, the owner believed that financial…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Founder's Reckoning: Confronting Legal Shortcuts
This episode uses a narrative case study to illustrate how informal business practices can jeopardize a company's worth during a sale. The story follows a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Is Your Company’s Valuation?
This podcast episode explores the key factors that determine a company’s valuation and why understanding your business value is critical for growth, succession…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Transformation: From Tax Focus to Buyer Focus
This episode chronicles a business owner’s journey from prioritizing tax avoidance to maximizing company value through the process of financial normalization…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Enlightenment: Understanding Tax Planning Value
This episode follows the journey of Veronica, a successful business owner who discovers the critical distinction between standard accounting compliance and…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Business Owner's Revelation: Seeing Through Buyers' Eyes
This episode describes the transformative journey of a business owner named Thomas as he prepares to exit his industrial equipment company. Initially confident…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
An Entrepreneur's Awakening: Learning to Trust
This episode chronicles the professional journey of Patricia, a successful software entrepreneur who initially attempted to sell her company through a private…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
A Founder's Journey: From Doubt to Clarity
This episode follows a construction entrepreneur named Michael as he navigates the complex emotional and financial transition of selling his multi-million…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
The $3 Million Mistake
This episode serves as an introduction to an M&A guide specifically designed for Canadian business owners looking to sell their companies. It begins with a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
CEO Buying a Business / Seeking Acquisition / Buy a Business
This podcast episode explores the mindset, strategy, and preparation required for CEOs and entrepreneurs looking to acquire a business. Whether pursuing growth…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Buying or Selling a Business: How Much Is It Worth Today?
This podcast episode explores how changing economic conditions, market uncertainty, and shifting business trends are influencing the value of privately owned…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Planning the Sale of Your Business?
This podcast episode explores the key considerations business owners should understand before preparing to sell their company, including whether a holding…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Private Company Acquisition
In this podcast episode, we explore the process of private company acquisition and what buyers, investors, and business owners need to know when navigating a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Foreign Investors to Buy a Company Make Direct Investment
In this podcast episode, we explore how foreign investors can buy a company through direct investment and what this process means for business owners…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Everything You Need to Know About Adjusted EBITDA
This podcast episode breaks down one of the most important financial metrics used in buying and selling private businesses, adjusted EBITDA. It is designed to…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Eleven Reasons to Sell Your Business
This podcast explores the most important personal and strategic reasons business owners decide to sell their company. It is designed to help entrepreneurs…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Is It Time to Sell Your Business?
This podcast explores one of the most important questions every business owner eventually faces: is it time to sell your business? It takes you through the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Business Owners; What You Need to Know About Due Diligence
This podcast episode provides a clear and practical guide for business owners on the importance of due diligence when preparing to sell, finance, or acquire a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How Wealth Managers Aid in Your Business Sale
This podcast explores the important role Wealth Managers play in guiding business owners through the process of selling their company. It is designed for…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Did You Receive Unsolicited Interest in Buying Your Business?
This podcast episode explores what it really means when you receive unsolicited interest in buying your business. It explains why buyers approach companies…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Make Selling Your Business Easy With These Seven Steps
This podcast is designed for business owners who are preparing for one of the most important decisions in their entrepreneurial journey, selling their…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
10 Reasons Why Owners Should Get a Business Valuation.
This podcast episode explores the 10 most important reasons why every business owner should obtain a professional business valuation, regardless of whether…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Business Protection? – Why Owners Should Get a Business Value.
In this podcast episode, we explore why understanding the value of your business is essential for protecting one of your most important assets. An independent…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Is Your Time to Transition as a Canadian Business Owner?
In this podcast episode, we explore an important question many entrepreneurs eventually face: what is your timeline to transition out of your business? For…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Estate Planning? – Why Owners Should Get a Business Valuation.
In this podcast episode, we explore why understanding the value of your business is a critical part of estate planning and long term financial strategy. An…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Five Things to Consider When Selling Your Business.
Selling a privately held business can be one of the most significant decisions an entrepreneur will ever make. In this podcast episode, we explore five key…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Selling a Business: 9 Reasons the Sale of Your Business May Fail
Selling a business is a major milestone for many entrepreneurs, but the process is rarely simple. In this podcast episode, we explore nine common reasons why…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How Long Till Canadian Business Owners Exit?
In this podcast episode, we explore one of the most common questions business owners ask when planning their transition: how long it actually takes to exit a…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How Profitability Thresholds Drive Greater Business Exit Value
In this podcast episode, we explore how profitability thresholds can significantly influence the value of your business when preparing for an exit. Buyers…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Are The Steps To Exit My Business?
In this podcast episode, we explore the key steps business owners should take when preparing to exit their business. Exiting a company is a major milestone…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Co-Founders Of A Search Fund Seeking Acquisition
In this podcast episode, we discuss an acquisition opportunity involving co founders of a search fund who are actively seeking to acquire a business as part of…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Private Equity, Search Fund, Strategic Or Family Office?
Choosing the right buyer is one of the most important decisions a business owner will make when selling their company. In this podcast episode, we explore the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Is A Holding Company Worth The Hassle?
Owning a holding company is often associated with large corporations, but it can also be a powerful strategic tool for many small and mid sized businesses. In…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Strategic Planning? - Why Owners Should Get a Business Valuation
Strategic planning is one of the most important responsibilities for any business owner, yet many leaders make major decisions without fully understanding the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How to Manage Unsolicited Interest in Acquiring Your Business
Receiving unexpected interest from investors or companies looking to acquire your business can be both exciting and challenging. In this podcast, we explore…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Four Approaches to Selling Your Business
Selling a business involves more than simply finding a buyer. The strategy used to bring your company to market can significantly influence the timeline…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Do I Need to Do Before I Buy a Business?
Buying a business is a major step for any entrepreneur, and success starts long before the transaction is finalized. In this podcast, we explore the key steps…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Understanding the Sale of a Business from a Buyer’s Perspective
Selling a business involves more than simply finding an interested buyer. One of the most important factors in completing a successful transaction is the…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
How Delays Can Derail Your Business Sale
Timing plays a critical role in the success of selling a business. In mergers and acquisitions, delays can quickly derail a transaction, increase costs, and…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Letters of Intent: Problems & Solutions for Sellers
A Letter of Intent (LOI) is one of the most important milestones in the process of selling a business. It outlines the preliminary terms of a potential…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
What Is a Quality of Earnings Report?
A Quality of Earnings (QOE) report is a detailed financial analysis used in mergers, acquisitions, and business sales to evaluate the true earnings and…
- Selling Your Canadian Business
Financial Statement Reporting: What’s Best for a Business Sale?
When preparing to sell your business, the quality of your financial statement reporting can directly influence buyer confidence, valuation, and deal terms. In…