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If you are considering buying a business you need to know some critical information. It could take you up to 12 months of trial and error, expensive visits to accountants and lawyers and plenty of mistakes to learn the information you need to know.   

Just some of the information you need to know and understand prior to making an offer is:

  • How much should you pay for a business and how do you work out the right price?
  • Should you use a company, trust or partnership of trusts to buy it?
  • Should you buy the shares in the company selling, or just the business and its assets?
  • The negotiating techniques to get you the best deal
  • How to structure the purchase offer for maximum effect with minimum cost
  • How to get the maximum amount of finance for the business
  • The common mistakes made by business buyers that cost thousands of dollars and how to avoid them.
  • How to identify and mitigate the risks you face whether buying a business on your own or with a partner – buy/sell agreements, shareholders agreements, business risk insurance

You can save thousands of dollars and hours of time and effort by attending our buyer seminars or one-day workshops. 

Event

Business Buyers Seminar

Business Buyers Workshop

Date

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Time Invested

2 Hours

One Day

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Free Downloads Upon Registration

 

65 Page book “How To Get Business Finance In Tough Times” 

Free Chapter Download here.

Free Tools

 

4 Excel Based tools for the following industries:

  • Manufacturing

  • Consulting

  • Retail Sales

  • Retail & Consulting

Investment 

FREE

$795.00

Need the economic argument for investing this amount of money?  

  • The full day workshop costs you approx. the same as 2.5 hours of your accountant or lawyers time 
  • Just one negotiating tactic could save you thousands 
  • Understanding valuation techniques will save you hundreds of thousands when you can present a well supported argument for your offer 

The Value you receive:

- 8 Hours of Professional Consultants Time @ $250 / Hour      = $2,000

- Access to Professionals at pre-workshop and during breaks  = $Unlimited

- WorkBook Outlining The Process, Techniques and Information $  150

- Free e-book - How To Get Business Loans Approved               $   40

TOTAL Value                                                                         $2,190

Over $2,000 of real dollar value, before you calculate how much you will save or make due to the knowledge you gain at this workshop!

AND

Money Back Guarantee 

We are in the business of ensuring business buyers are well informed.  We are so confident of the value in this workshop that if you are unsatisfied, we will refund 100% of your fee on the day.  

During the workshop there will be an opportunity to request a refund.  If after spending time in the workshop you feel you just won't get any value, we will happily give you all of your money back.  No questions, no excuses, no asteriks (**) or other sneaky terms and conditions.  

 

 


 


How to Buy and Finance a Business – One- Day Workshop

This comprehensive full day workshop will equip you with the skills necessary to find the business you want and make sure it’s the right one to buy.   You will learn:

  • How to value a business using different techniques
  • The techniques of negotiation to give you the edge when buying
  • The right corporate structures for best the tax advantages and asset protection
  • How to protect you and your family if something goes wrong
  • How to determine if you are in business with the right people
  • How to properly structure the purchase to your best advantage.
  • How to finance the deal and get your loan approved

Each of the topics in this workshop is presented by specialists in their fields.  You will have access to experts that value, negotiate and finance businesses every day.  

Economic Outlook and General Credit Markets

A general overview of

Business Valuations

Presented By:
The Mardent Group
www.themardentgroup.com

Learn :
Industry Averages
Book Valuations
Multiple Valuations
Discounted Cash Flow Valuations

Negotiating Tactics

The Mardent Group
www.themardentgroup.com

How to identify leverage points within the negotiation.
How to determine the valuation technique to utilise:

  • Pricing

  • Compromise

  • Collaboration

Corporate Structures

Presented By:
Marsh Tincknell Chartered Accountants
www.marshtincknell.com.au

An overview of Companies, Discretionary Trusts and Trust Partnerships and the taxation and asset protection benefits of them all. 

Risk Management, Buy-Sell Agreements

Presented By:

Adam Pile 

www.yourriskadviser.com.au/

 

 

What would happen if you or your business partner died?

What if you were incapacitated, but could still work in the office?

Insuring Directs and Key Staff 

Funding the Unexpected 

Conscious Decision Making

Presented By:
Shirlaws Business Coaching
http://www.shirlawscoaching.com

By understanding how you and others make decisions you will be able to:

 

  • Keep perspective through the buying process.

  • Confirm and build upon your initial gut instinct.

  • Understand how others process information so that you are able to communicate with a high impact.

 

Legal

Presendted By:

Redchip Lawyers

http://www.redchip.com.au/

 

  • Commercial Contracts

  • Franchising

What's Below the Surface?  

Presented By:
Shirlaws Business Coaching
http://www.shirlawscoaching.com

Every business follows a life cycle that can be tracked. By knowing where the business is up to and where it is going will help in understanding:

 

  • The true value of the business.

  • Commercial & Cultural issues that may arrise due to ownership change.

  • Reasons why people decide to exit their business.

  • Strategic priorites for shifting the business to better performance

 

Structuring the Deal

Presented By:
The Mardent Group
www.themardentgroup.com

There are numerous ways to construct an offer that will increase your return, decrease your capital input and improve the level of bank financing available.

Financing The Business

Presented By:
The Mardent Group
www.themardentgroup.com

Learn the financing techniques you need to get the right amount of finance, at the right price, and with the right structure.  

Case Study - The Wrap Up 

This practical exercise will let you take what you have learned and apply it immediately – on the day. 

Here you will work with other participants to:

  • Determine the value of a business

  • Construct an Offer

  • Determine the list of professionals you will need to help you and the actions to be taken to complete the deal.

  • Decide on the corporate structure you will use

  • Identify the risks and the appropriate techniques for mitigating them

  • Forecast the working capital requirements of the business

Tools Included with the One-Day Workshop

4 Excel Based tools for the following industries:

  • Manufacturing

  • Consulting

  • Retail Sales

  • Retail & Consulting

  • Checklist of Actions To Take During a Business Purchase

  • Checklist of Professionals Required to Assist with the Purchase

Loan Proposal Tool
A proposal pre-populated with the right questions to help you build a robust credit proposal to get your loan approved.

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How To Buy and Finance a Business – Two Hour Seminar

If you are considering buying a business now or in the future, you need the information in this seminar.   This two hour presentation will give you the basic tools to identify opportunities, determine maximum prices and avoid mistakes that can cost you thousands.   
Here is what you will learn:

  • Learn where the opportunities are in the market-place, which industries are being affected by the financial crisis and which ones can take advantage of the situation.
  • Learn how businesses are valued and which ones are worth the money
  • Learn how banks finance businesses, including franchises
  • Learn the common mistakes buyers make that cost thousands of dollars and how to avoid them.

More about the seminar:

Opportunities
Would you like a head-start on which businesses are being affected by the financial crisis?  Which businesses are thriving?    This information is invaluable when reviewing opportunities right now.

Valuations
Are you often confused by valuations with no basis?   Even when a methodology is presented, how do you know it’s the right one?   You will learn the different types of valuations and which ones are right for the business you are looking at.

Finance    
Financing a business can be confusing.  

  • Will the bank give you 30% or 70% of the business value? 
  • Will they give you anything at all?  
  • What about working capital and costs such as stamp duty?  

During this session you’ll get information from people that finance businesses every day.  You will find out how structuring a purchase a different way can help you increase the amount of finance available.  This is information that isn’t available from the bankers you are talking to.

Mistakes
Many purchasers can spend thousands of dollars and not buy a business.   You will learn the common mistakes buyers make and how to avoid them.  

  • Did you know you don’t have to sign a contract of sale to take a business off the market?  
  • Did you know many purchasers lose thousands of dollars by not employing a professional stock-taker?   
  • Did you know you can learn to do most of the upfront financial work yourself saving thousands of dollars and not getting charged by your accountant?

Register for Our Seminars or Workshops

Send an email with your name and contact phone number to:

todd@themardentgroup.com