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First Choice Business Brokers - Phoenix Arizona

The World's Authority in Business Sales


Expert Buyer and Seller Services for Sales of Main Street and Middle Market Businesses

Get Started

First Choice Business Brokers Phoenix Arizona

The World's Authority in Business Sales


Expert Buyer and Seller Services for Sales of Main Street and Middle Market Businesses

Get Started

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By Kim Santos 06 Nov, 2024
Most people think of starting a business as risky, but unless you invest a significant amount of start-up cash in your venture, you’re not really risking much other than your time. That changes if you’re lucky enough to get your business off the ground. As your company grows, you start to risk more and more of your wealth because the business you’ve built is actually worth something. The longer you hang on to it, the more you have to lose. This phenomenon makes owners become more risk averse as their business grows, potentially squeezing off growth to avoid risking what they’ve created. This can mean the owner goes from a company’s great asset to its biggest liability. Cigar City Brewing For an example of how growth can impact an owner’s appetite for risk, let’s look at the case of Joey Redner, the founder of Florida-based Cigar City Brewing. Redner’s craft beer operation started off in 2009 with the relatively modest goal of selling 5,000 barrels of beer per year. Cigar City proved popular with the locals and Redner was able to sell 1,000 barrels of beer in his first year of business. Cigar City Brewing continued to grow but was thirsty for cash, eventually forcing Redner to take on an SBA loan. Redner quickly surpassed his 5,000-barrel goal, and by 2015, had scaled all the way up to 55,000 barrels per year, at which point he ran out of capacity in his brewing facility. To get to the next level, Redner would have had to find another $20 million for a major expansion, but he was tired of the feeling of being “all in” at the poker table. He had built something successful and wanted to enjoy financial security rather than having to roll his winnings into even more debt that he would have to personally guarantee with the bank. Redner decided to sell even though his business was still growing and he had built a brand Floridians loved. And therein lies one of the hidden reasons owners decide to sell. They are tired of shouldering all of the risk. Most of us have a limited appetite for risk, and, as the Bob Dylan song goes, “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.” Start-ups aren’t risking much, but when you build something successful, every day that you decide to keep it is another day you have all (or most) of your chips on the table, and, no matter how strong your hand, eventually we all decide to cash in.
By Kim Santos 05 Nov, 2024
Are you trying to time the sale of your business so that you exit when both your business and the economy are peaking? While your objective to build your company’s value is admirable, here are five reasons why you may want to sell sooner than you might think: 1. You May Be Choking Your Business When you start your business, you have nothing to lose, so you risk it all on your idea. But as you grow, you naturally become more conservative, because your business actually becomes worth something. For many of us, our company is our largest asset, so the idea of losing it on a new growth idea becomes less attractive. We become more conservative and hinder our company’s growth. 2. Money Is Cheap We’re coming out of a period of ultra-low interest rates. Financial buyers will likely borrow money to buy your business so—at the risk of over simplifying a lot of MBA math—the less it costs them to borrow, the more they will spend to buy your business. 3. Timing Your Sale Is A Fool’s Errand The costs of most financial assets are correlated, which is to say that the value of your private business, real estate and a Fortune 500 company’s stock all move in roughly the same direction. They all laid an egg in 2009 and now they are all booming. The problem is, you’ll have to do something with the money you make from the sale of your company, which means you will likely buy into a new asset class at the same frothy valuation as you are exiting out at. 4. Cybercrime If you have moved your customer data into the cloud, it is only a matter of time before you become the target of cybercrime. Randy Ambrosie, the former CEO of 3Macs, a Montreal-based investment company that manages $6 billion for wealthy Canadian families decided to sell in part because he featured feared a cyber attack. Ambrosie and his partners realized they had been under-investing in technology for years, at a time when cybercrime was becoming more prevalent in the financial services space. Ambrosie decided to sell his firm to Raymond James because he realized the cost for staying ahead of hackers was becoming too much to bear. 5. There Is No Corporate Ladder In most occupations, the ambitious must climb the ladder. Aspiring CEOs must methodically move up, stacking one job on the next until they are ready for the top post. They have to put in the time, play the right politics and succeed at each new assignment to be considered for the next rung. By choosing a career as an entrepreneur, you get to skip the ladder entirely. You can start a business, sell it, take a sabbatical and start another business and nobody will miss you on the ladder. Your second (or third) business is likely to be more successful than your first, so the sooner you sell your existing business, the sooner you get to take a break and then start working on your next. It can be tempting to want to time the sale of your business so that the economy and your company are peeking, but in reality, it may be better to sell sooner rather than later.
By Kim Santos 04 Nov, 2024
Jay Steinfeld built Blinds.com into a $100 million e-tailer before selling out to Home Depot. Here are five things that made it a spectacular exit. Win The Make vs. Buy Battle Companies like Home Depot have a “make or buy” decision when they see a competitor winning market share. They can opt to buy the competitor or choose to simply re-create what they have built. An acquirer will likely opt to buy your company if you are so dominant in your niche that recreating what you have built would take too long and cost more than acquiring it from you. Blinds.com got acquired, in part, because they were a big fish in a small pond. At more than $100 million in revenue, they were the largest online retailer of blinds in America by a long shot. Even though Home Depot has close to $90 billion in sales, Blinds.com were outperforming them in their tiny niche and that made Blinds.com irresistible to Home Depot. Run It Like It’s Public At the time of the Home Depot acquisition, Blinds.com had 175 employees, yet Steinfeld had been running the company as if it were public for years. He had put together a top-drawer management team and taken the unusual step of assembling an outside board of directors. He had quarterly board meetings with formal presentation decks, and Steinfeld hired a Big Four firm to complete a full audit of his financials each year. Steinfeld credits this rigorous approach to running a relatively small company as a major reason Home Depot was interested in Blinds.com and able to close on the acquisition so quickly. Keep Most Of The Equity Steinfeld invested $3,000 of his own money into a basic online presence for his blinds store back in 1993 and grew Blinds.com to more than $100 million in sales without diluting himself by taking three or four rounds of institutional investment, as would be typical of an internet start-up. Steinfeld took a small investment from friends and family and used bank debt to help him buy distressed companies for pennies on the dollar. It wasn’t until 2012—almost 20 years after starting the business—that he accepted his first round of “professional” money from a private equity firm who wanted to invest more, but Steinfeld refused, only taking enough to buy out a few of his original investors and pay off some debt. Keep Investors Aligned One of the reasons Steinfeld accepted an investment from a private equity group was that he had become misaligned with two of his original investors. The investors saw the success of Blinds.com and wanted Steinfeld to start declaring regular dividends. Steinfeld, by contrast, was focused on building a growth company and needed the cash to fuel his 25% per year growth. After a while, his investor’s expectations got so far out of whack that Steinfeld opted to buy them out. Share The Love One of Steinfeld’s best memories is the day he told his employees Home Depot had acquired Blinds.com. Steinfeld had made sure every one of his 175 people had Blinds.com stock options and so stood to gain financially from the sale. Steinfeld went further and gave each employee $2,000 of his own money to start an investment account as a personal thank you for all they had done.

Why First Choice Business Brokers Phoenix?

The World’s Authority in Business Sales

Buying or selling your own business can be one of the most difficult aspects of business ownership. With so many businesses for sale and so many prospective buyers, it can be overwhelming just figuring out where to begin. Fortunately, First Choice Business Brokers provides a nationwide network of Business Sales Professionals to help guide you through the buying or selling process.


Since we were established in 1994, First Choice Business Brokers has grown to become one of the largest organizations in the U.S. specializing in business sales. We have listed and managed the sale of over $10.5 billion in businesses for sale. Buyers and sellers alike can enjoy the ease and expertise of a national network of professional business brokers.


With First Choice Business Brokers, you can enjoy the greatest selection of businesses for sale nationwide. Or as a seller, you can expect to receive individualized attention in your local market.


First Choice Business Brokers is proudly a member in good standing with the International Franchise Association, Canadian Franchise Association and International Business Brokers Association.

Why First Choice Business Brokers?

The World’s Authority in Business Sales

Buying or selling your own business can be one of the most difficult aspects of business ownership. With so many businesses for sale and so many prospective buyers, it can be overwhelming just figuring out where to begin. Fortunately, First Choice Business Brokers provides a nationwide network of Business Sales Professionals to help guide you through the buying or selling process.


Since we were established in 1994, First Choice Business Brokers has grown to become one of the largest organizations in the U.S. specializing in business sales. We have listed and managed the sale of over $10.5 billion in businesses for sale. Buyers and sellers alike can enjoy the ease and expertise of a national network of professional business brokers.


With First Choice Business Brokers, you can enjoy the greatest selection of businesses for sale nationwide. Or as a seller, you can expect to receive individualized attention in your local market.


First Choice Business Brokers is proudly a member in good standing with the International Franchise Association, Canadian Franchise Association and International Business Brokers Association.

Phoenix's Most Trusted Business Brokers

At First Choice Business Brokers Phoenix, we're committed to providing the best possible experience for buyers and sellers. First Choice University provides our business brokers with comprehensive training and ongoing education. All of our business sales professionals are highly trained experts in business valuation, business marketing and buy/sell negotiations that satisfy both sides of the table.


The buying or selling of a business should never be compared to a home sale. Unlike selling a home, a business sale involves both a high level of confidentiality and a broker who will work with you from the initial listing, through negotiations, and until you've signed the paperwork. You deserve an experienced, licensed professional who specializes in business sales. First Choice Business Brokers has you covered.


With First Choice Business Brokers, buyers enjoy the greatest selection of businesses for sale nationwide. Sellers can expect to receive individualized attention in their local market. In either case, our exclusive business listings are only available through our First Choice business sales professionals.


First Choice Business Brokers is proudly a member in good standing with the International Franchise AssociationCanadian Franchise Association and International Business Brokers Association.


First Choice Business Brokers has recently been rated one of inc.com's Top Business Brokers!


First Choice Business Brokers is one of the leading business sales brokers in Nevada and the one to go for if confidential selling is your priority. From selling a business to evaluating a company to leasing services, the brokerage firm does it all with professionalism and commitment. - inc.com

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