OWNER-ENTREPRENEURS
OUTSIDER OPINION HELPS IN DIFFICULT DECISIONS
Few people truly understand what it means to be a business owner or entrepreneur. At 3HCF, we are used to your constant rush, your incredible industry expertise, and even the difficulty of making decisions when all other aspects of life are brought to the same table.
Many of our clients contact us after receiving occasional buying interests for their business. Some other clients approach us after a careful decision making or in the need to learn more of the possibilities and threats of selling their business. We encourage owner-entrepreneurs to actively contact us, because sparring of ideas as well as creating a systematic framework for increasing the value of ownership, provides both peace of mind and important goals for future decision making.
There can be several reasons behind selling a business. It goes without saying that some owner-entrepreneurs must give up their business for health, time or competitive reasons. It is very common in our customer base for an owner-entrepreneur to find a ceiling for their business”, i.e. accepting the limitations of their time, expertise or recognizing the advantages that the selling of the business could bring into future competitiveness of their business. Often, there may not be a successor to the business from within the family. Another good reason for selling its business is an anticipated retirement to a sunnier place abroad. But when and how you should do it – please contact us!
CHOOSE YOUR M&A ADVISOR CAREFULLY
It can be difficult to find a trusted and proven advisor for selling your company. Only few owner-entrepreneurs have experience in prior business acquisitions and their processes. The difficulty to understand what you should buy and what it will bring into to the table are always present when comparing different advisors and their offerings. There is a fairly diverse range of different “experts” on the market - from expensive all-inclusive service packages to do-it-yourself white wan drivers who are merely trying to sell the target company by a phone call or two to their easily approachable old customer base. Many sellers also offer their services without having ever sold a single target company by themselves.
Why to choose Honko Corporate Finance? We aim to bring the best possible outcome for the selling of your business. We are professionals in creating a compelling sales story for your company, acting as a bridge builder to industrial buyers, conducting an international tender offer and competitive bidding, and managing sales negotiations to the benefit of the owner-entrepreneur all the way to signing of the deal. We do all of this cost-effectively, and we do not work with juniors or outsource our tasks to various cooperation networks.
All our discussions are naturally confidential, and the owner-entrepreneur does not need to worry about information leakage with us. We are ready to sign a confidentiality agreement if one is deemed necessary at the request of a co-owner, other shareholders or by a strategic stakeholder in the company.
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