Entering Business Ownership
The business you enter may become your most valuable asset, so your entrance must be treated as the most important thing you will ever do! In assisting people entering business ownership for over three decades, Winterstone Financial Associates has observed that the most successful transactions all contain the same common ingredients.
Assuring that the business is appropriately priced is possibly the most important ingredient. Do not enter your most important asset without securing a professional Business Appraisal from an independent third-party with a national business clientele. We will coordinate the flow of information to achieve the best and most accurate appraisal for you!
Winterstone Financial Associates (WFA) professionals are your advocates, assisting you to locate the business most worthy of the resources and years of personal sacrifice you will invest. Advocate is the strongest word we could find to express our relationship with you. For your protection, this special relationship must be specifically documented!
We accomplish for you, at the same degree of professionalism, what a full-time staff of merger and acquisition specialists does for a large corporation. Small to mid-sized privately owned businesses need that quality of service but obviously cannot afford a specialized full-time staff. Regardless of the size of your business, you be sure that each step of the entering process is handled correctly. WFA affiliates have provided quality service for over three decades. We give you the benefit of what we’ve absorbed from the best professionals around the world.
We function as the coach of the team, which may include other professionals as needed during the transaction…accountants, attorneys, tax specialists, estate planners, escrow/closing agents, appraisers, bankers and others. We model unselfish cooperation in coordinating the individual events, paperwork, activities and responsibilities of these and other professionals. It is our responsibility to foster and facilitate reconciliation among all parties as we keep the process on course.
Our professionals are advocates, coordinating your interests in the Targeted Business Search, offer(s), counteroffer(s), purchase agreement(s), escrow, preparation of closing documents and coaching the team right across the goal line for you! We perform only those responsibilities for which we are certified, so we will help you secure the best professionals in each field. Successful teams play to the end of the game, and we will help everyone involved to understand that this is your game and that all of us are responsible to help you win it.
“A Guide to Entering Business Ownership” will be sent to you at no charge to answer the following frequently asked questions:
- When is the best time to enter business ownership?
- What are the ingredients of a successful entry?
- How can I avoid overpaying for a business?
- How do I avoid the use of compromised professionals?
- What is the best method of entering business ownership?
- How can I maintain confidentiality?
- What professionals do I need & when should I use them?
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