Build the Right Team for Your Transition: M&A Requires Specialists

Selling your business will be the biggest transaction of your life, more important than launching your company or anything that happened in-between. Why? Because not only is your exit the culmination of all of your business decisions, it also sets the foundation for your financial well-being in retirement.

family business, exit strategy, business broker, selling your business, Sabre CapitalTrip HolmesFebruary 4, 2020M&A, M&A specialists, M&A advisors, business broker, transaction attorney, due diligence, middle market family business owner, estate attorneys, CPA, accountants, tax accountant, shape your legacy, control your destiny

Advice for Widows: What to Do When Your Business-Owning Spouse Passes Away

As you can imagine, I’ve seen almost every situation over 35 years when it comes to people needing to sell a middle-market family business. I see new reasons all the time, which certainly keeps this business fresh for me year after year. But a situation I see all too often is that of the surviving spouse when a business owner has passed away.

Taking Control When Selling Your Business

The last thing you want is to feel this way when you’re looking to exit your business. Selling a business is stressful—it’s one of those high-priority events in our lives, , like getting married, the birth of our children or starting the business. It’s inevitable that these events in our lives all lead to stress, but that doesn’t mean you can’t control it!

family business, exit strategy, business broker, selling your businessTrip HolmesSeptember 26, 2019taking control of selling your business, middle-market family-owned businesses, business planning, exit planning \, exit strategy, succession planning, business bankers, personal bankers, wealth managers, accountant, estate planning attorney, business attorney, Sabre Capital

Making Your Business Attractive to Buyers

Let’s talk about enhancing value and maximizing the return for family business owners. To get the most money and get the most people interested in buying your business, you need to plan in advance. This is where we do our best work on the planning side of our business, setting up owners for greater success, months and years ahead of the actual exit transaction.

business broker, exit strategy, Sabre Capital, selling your businessTrip HolmesApril 24, 2019selling your business, investment banking, business consulting, enhancing business value, exit strategy, exit transaction, Trip Holmes, Sabre Capital, succession planning, marketplace differentiator, business fundamentals, recurring revenue

A Friendly Holiday Reminder: Why We Do What We Do

While every client is special, I had an experience the other day that was a great reminder here during the holiday season of why we do what we do at Sabre Capital. I can honestly say that what I’m about to describe for you just proves that even after 40 years in an industry, you’ll never be able to say that you’ve seen it all, especially when you keep your mind and heart open to the possibilities.

Sabre Capital, business brokerTrip HolmesDecember 12, 2018M&A, confidentiality agreement, client confidentiality, business brokers, leadership

The Four Key Qualities of a Great Business Broker

When I think about my own 35 years as a business broker, not only in what I’ve accomplished in collaboration with Sabre Capital’s partners and clients, but also in the many other business broker colleagues whom I admire, I see some common denominators of success.

Sabre Capital, business brokerTrip HolmesNovember 6, 2018business broker, Sabre Capital, strategic partner, entrepreneurs, family businesses, client confidentiality, be hungry, be empathetic, be a critical thinker, empathy, family business owners