At Viking Mergers & Acquisitions, we provide personalized and professional business brokerage services to buyers and sellers. Selling a business takes a great deal of consideration and research to avoid leaving money on the table at closing. That’s why we encourage our business owners to think like a buyer throughout the selling process. When a business owner considers the perspective …
Selling A Healthcare Business? Don’t Overlook These 4 Factors
Have you decided it’s time to sell your healthcare business? Perhaps you own a medical or specialized practice, an imaging center, a rehab clinic, a medical device or pharmaceutical sales business, or a physical/occupational therapy practice. Regardless of your specialization (or your reasons for exiting), there are unique factors to consider when selling any medical practice or healthcare business. Industry-specific …
All My Rich Friends Sold “Too Soon”
If you are a business owner, I am willing to bet that you have asked yourself this question: “When should I sell my business?” The thought may even keep you up at night. If it does, you are not alone. No matter the size, industry, or location of a business, owners worry themselves sick about finding the best time to …
Deal Structures: Legalities to Negotiate When Selling a Business
The number of negotiable components in business deal structures can seem exciting at best, terrifying at worst, and certainly overwhelming to anyone closely impacted by the deal’s results (i.e., the seller and the buyer). We created this four-part series to provide helpful information to entrepreneurs like you by dissecting the significant parts of a business deal; this article is Part …
How to Avoid Sellers Remorse When Selling a Business
Selling a business can be an emotional process, especially after years, maybe decades, of hard work. You have poured your life into making your business what it is today, and it is completely normal to have a lot of questions as you approach the selling process. A few questions you might have are, How do I find the best buyer? …
Deal Structures: Negotiating Your Post Closing Agreement
At Viking, we firmly believe that one of the best ways to make the right decisions about selling your business (and most anything, really) is to be well-informed. So, we set out to create this four-part series as a practical resource for business owners like you. In Part One, we discussed negotiating payment terms; Part Two covered how to negotiate …
What is Amortization in EBITDA? How to Understand & Calculate EBITDA
At Viking Mergers & Acquisitions, we consistently express to our clients that performing a valuation of their business is the first step in planning a successful exit strategy. Business valuations include many moving parts, and understanding specific components of the process can give an entrepreneur an idea of what their business is worth. What Is EBITDA? What Is It Used …
Deal Structures: How to Negotiate Assets Conveyed
Selling a business includes many opportunities for negotiation – but you can only benefit from these opportunities if you are familiar with the different components of a business deal. We created this four-part series of blogs to pull back the curtain on business deal structures and provide helpful information to entrepreneurs like you. This article is Part Two. When a …
Deal Structures: Wisely Negotiating More Than Price When Selling a Business
When selling a business, there is much more up for negotiation than just the purchase price. We believe that a well-informed seller is better equipped to make the right choices for themselves and their business. This is the first in a series of blogs dissecting the structure of business deals. When a buyer wants to purchase your business, they will …
3 Benefits of Selling a Business in 2022
Each new year brings the opportunity to assess goals and, for some, to reprioritize dreams that have been on the backburner. For many hardworking business owners, those goals and dreams involve selling a business. There are many reasons one might sell a business, whether to retire, to invest in other entrepreneurial pursuits, or a number of other scenarios. The start …










