Considering a Sale
Learn how a confidential sale process can move from preparation through buyer conversations, offers, diligence, and closing.
Sell Your Business →Explore practical articles for owners researching a future sale, business valuation, exit planning, diligence, and the decisions that shape a transaction. SeaRidge Advisory resources are designed to help you ask better questions before the stakes become immediate.
Learn how a confidential sale process can move from preparation through buyer conversations, offers, diligence, and closing.
Sell Your Business →Understand the earnings, value drivers, records, and buyer questions that can shape a sale-planning estimate.
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How buyers value a private business: SDE vs. adjusted EBITDA, add-backs, multiples by deal size, SBA lender rules and what to prepare before a sale.
Published October 22, 2026Read Article →Selling a business with a lease means checking assignment, landlord consent, guaranty release, and the security deposit before you list or sign an LOI. Here is what owners should ask.
Published September 23, 2026Read Article →Learn how rollover equity works in a business sale, including liquidity, minority rights, dilution, governance, tax questions, and future exit risk.
Published September 21, 2026Read Article →Learn which financial statements and supporting schedules sellers should prepare before a business sale, and how to make records easier for buyers to diligence.
Published September 18, 2026Read Article →Learn how maintenance capex, growth capex, deferred maintenance, equipment needs, and asset records can affect business valuation and transaction terms.
Published September 15, 2026Read Article →Compare cash at close and seller financing in a business sale, including credit risk, security, subordination, bank financing, and tax questions.
Published September 12, 2026Read Article →Learn how management-team depth can affect transferability, buyer diligence, owner dependence, operating continuity, and business valuation.
Published September 9, 2026Read Article →Understand the differences between asset and stock sales, including liabilities, contracts, purchase-price allocation, tax questions, financing, and LOI terms.
Published September 6, 2026Read Article →Learn how buyers assess recurring revenue quality, including contracts, retention, margins, collection, concentration, and transferability.
Published September 3, 2026Read Article →Learn how seller-side buyer qualification and staged disclosure can help reduce avoidable exposure before confidential business-sale information is shared.
Published August 31, 2026Read Article →Learn how owner dependence can affect business valuation, buyer diligence, transferability, management depth, and sale readiness.
Published August 28, 2026Read Article →Learn how customer concentration can affect business valuation, buyer diligence, deal terms, and the records sellers should prepare before a valuation.
Published August 25, 2026Read Article →Learn which LOI terms beyond price can affect a business sale, including structure, working capital, exclusivity, diligence, and closing conditions.
Published August 22, 2026Read Article →Learn how a working capital peg affects closing proceeds, what enters the calculation, and what sellers should resolve before signing an LOI.
Published August 21, 2026Read Article →Learn how sellers should evaluate earnout metrics, buyer control, reporting, payment security, disputes, taxes, and cash-at-close tradeoffs.
Published August 21, 2026Read Article →Track buyer demand, credit conditions, diligence standards, valuation dispersion, and deal structure without confusing market headlines with company readiness.
Published May 14, 2026Read Article →Build a practical exit plan around personal goals, valuation, financial readiness, management depth, buyer fit, tax planning, and transaction timing.
Published May 14, 2026Read Article →Learn which owner add-backs may be defensible, what buyers challenge, how replacement compensation works, and which documents support each adjustment.
Published May 14, 2026Read Article →Use a practical readiness scorecard to decide when to hire an M&A advisor, when to prepare longer, and which sale-process capabilities to evaluate.
Published May 14, 2026Read Article →Protect employees, customers, suppliers, and operations through buyer screening, NDAs, anonymous outreach, staged disclosure, and controlled diligence.
Published May 14, 2026Read Article →These articles provide general educational context for business owners. They can help you understand common transaction questions, organize what you need to learn, and identify where a conversation with the appropriate adviser may be useful.
Every business, owner, and transaction is different. The articles cannot account for the full facts, risks, records, or choices involved in a specific situation.
Some businesses are better served by a SeaRidge Advisory specialist brand with industry-specific resources and a dedicated seller path.
Explore SeaRidge Advisory Brands →If your research has moved from general questions to a possible sale, explore the confidential selling process.