Active offers
Compare the price, cash at closing, deferred payments, tax questions, adjustments, and continuing obligations in a written offer or letter of intent.
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Selling a Business: Offers, Succession, and Known Buyers
Start with the situation already shaping your choices, whether an offer has arrived, a buyer is known, succession is under discussion, or confidentiality comes first.
5 live subjects10 published guides
Published coverage
Includes owner situations with published guidance and a distinct sequence of decisions; broad life-stage or motivational labels do not create entries.
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Recommended starting point - 02
Direct guide A competitor inquiry
Guidance for owners considering a competitor conversation while controlling access to customer, employee, and operating information.
Read Sell a Business to a Competitor: What to Share, When to Stop → - 03
Direct guide A confidential sale process
Guidance for owners preparing confidentiality, outreach, and a defensible information path before the market knows the business is for sale.
Read Business Sale Confidentiality Agreement: What to Share and When → - 04
Direct guide A known buyer
Guidance for owners who already know the potential buyer and need to manage process, terms, and diligence deliberately.
Read How to Sell a Small Business Without a Broker to a Buyer You Know → - 05
Direct guide Family succession
Guidance for an owner considering a family handoff, including ownership, timing, operating responsibility, and financial constraints.
Read Family Business Succession Planning: Who Runs the Company? →