In podcast #13, Jonathan covers:
- Business investing entrepreneur Paul Green reveals the importance of psychology when buying a business
- Andy Gwynn explains how to get the best from LinkedIn search functionality
- Our HR expert Kelly answers questions from our Mastermind Programme members
- More key negotiating skills that you’ll need to become a successful dealmaker
Listen to find out:
- How to identify motivated sellers
- Why cash is not always an owner’s motivation to sell a business
- Why buying someone’s business can help them to achieve a better life
- Why time could be so crucial in your negotiations
- Why dealing with an owner directly will help you to identify their pain points
- Why you should meet with owners of businesses you have no intention of buying
- How to avoid divulging too much information to private equity investors if you’re selling your business
- How a conversation with a seller will help you to identify what you need to do to make the deal work for them
- How to use LinkedIn to find the business owners you want to connect with
- Why it’s not a good idea to have more than one LinkedIn profile
- What to do if the business you are acquiring has people doing similar roles to your existing business
- How to deal with a collective redundancy process fairly
- How to stagger redundancy payments to longstanding employees
- How to make the offer of staggered redundancy payments appealing to employees
- What to say to employees when the business does not have the funds to pay them immediately
- How to use a document wallet to gain a psychological advantage when meeting a seller
- Why you should prepare an agenda for a meeting with a seller and distribute copies of it
- The phrase you should use when the other party says something you disagree with
- When to suggest calling in an expert third-party
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