David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMB

I discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses either alone or with guests. I've started, bought, sold and closed businesses. Author of three best-selling business books; 'Invest Local: a guide to superior investment returns in your own community,' 'Franchise Warnings: What you really need to know before you buy' and 'How To Sell My Own Business: A guide to selling your own business without paying a broker's commission.' all available as well as 5 other books on Amazon or from www.DavidCBarnett.com

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Doing what it takes for businesses to survive Covid-19 with Marco Robert

Learn how to buy a business at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Join my email list at www.DavidCBarnettList.com Find Marco online here: https://www.marcorobert.com Related article: Check your ego at the door… The market has changed for many businesses and some are in dire straights! I met up with business turnaround coach Marco Robert to discuss the issues most commonly faced in troubled businesses and how this compares with the Covid-19 crisis. What’s interesting is that the solution to s...

Apr 29, 2020•35 min

Terry Lammers & David C Barnett Talking to Employees about the sale of a business

Terry's website: https://innovativeba.com/davidcbarnett/ Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn to sell a business: https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Learn more and join my email list at https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related Article below... ----------------- You bought/sold the business. Now how to tell the employees… Terry Lammers is a business coach, consultant and business broker. What makes Terry such a great guest is that in his past he’s also led a fami...

Apr 22, 2020•27 min

Deals on distressed business in 2020? Covid Recession

Enroll in Business Buyer Advantage at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn more and join my email list at www.DavidCBarnett.com Thanks

Apr 16, 2020•2 min

Is the inventory value added or included in the price of a business? How to buy a business

Learn to buy a business even in a recession at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn more and join my email list at my blog https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related Article: Now many nails in that hardware store? What do we do about inventory? I received a great question from Anton about the value of the inventory when you buy a business… Do we add it to the cash flow multiplier or is it included in that number? Great question because if you get this wrong the number used for the transaction...

Apr 15, 2020•7 min

FREE Crisis Cash Flow Management Template

If you're struggling to figure out how to manage the cash coming in and out of your business because of the Covid-19 recession, please download this simplified tool here: https://gumroad.com/l/CrisisCashFlow Please like and share to anyone who may be in need. For a full-featured cash flow and business writing program that integrates future financial statements and how to use the cash flow and financials to write a business plan, visit https://www.BizPlanSchool.com

Apr 09, 2020•17 min

Trampoline Park considerations- How to Buy a Business

Learn how to buy a business even in a recession at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn more and join my email list at https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related article: Bounce Bounce Bounce… You don’t have to be Tigger to enjoy bouncing up and down all the time. This week, I’m releasing a video that was a response to Lars question- What do you think of trampoline parks? Obviously, most are closed right now because of covid-19. Some may be coming on the market soon and as entertainment busin...

Apr 08, 2020•6 min

April 2020 Update on Surgery, Covid-19, Holiday Chats and more...

Join the adventure group: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdventure.com Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Join my email list: https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Related Article: Hi, I made this week’s update video to cover several points: I’m ok from the surgery Friday What the people in the Adventure group are doing as a result of Covid-19 I’ve put a new Covid-19 module into Business Buyer Advantage. I’m going to release the Holiday Chat 2019 calls on the public YouTube ch...

Apr 01, 2020•6 min

Remove burdensome debt when buying a business (USA) UCC Article 9

Find Kenny at https://www.bardwellcreative.com Learn to buy a business even in a recession at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Using UCC article 9 to wipe debts away This week’s interview is going to be valuable for American business owners and business buyers. I interview debt-workout expert Kenny Butler from Bardwell Creative. He helps businesses deal with burdensome debt and today he’s going to explain to us two things: 1. The evils of Merchant Cash Advances 2. How a business with too m...

Mar 25, 2020•49 min

Mar 20 Live Stream Audio Announcement

#1 For business owners who are trying to figure out how to survive this general disruption- I’m inviting long time business broker, engineer and leadership consultant Paul Hindelang on to do a review of what business owners should be considering in their response to these events. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/oWQtVw_vD00 #2 For people looking to buy or sell a business in the next year, I’ll be doing a solo stream to discuss what I expect will happen as far as acquisition financing in the near ...

Mar 18, 2020•2 min

Will Alchemy Cure All Ills David And Dov Gordon Talk Consulting Sales

Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn about my group program at: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdventure.com Join my list at https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Related Article: Will Alchemy cure all ills? Long before I had even heard of the Coronavirus, I met with Alchemist Entrepreneur Dov Gordon. I had interviewed Dov earlier as an expert guest in the Business Buyer Adventure Group coaching program. That recording was released to members for March. There is a new expe...

Mar 18, 2020•32 min

Licensed Industries And Government Protected Business- Fat Profits

Learn to Buy a Business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Sign up for my emails: https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Visit my blog: https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related Article: --------------------------- If the government isn’t giving out any more licenses, does that mean fat profits? Sometimes you need a special license for a type of business. AND- there are a limited number of them available. How do you put a price on this special right given by the Prince? Does a special government lic...

Mar 09, 2020•10 min

Selling Advertising agencies with David Blois

Find David and his team at https://mandaadvisory.com/ Learn to sell your business at https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Related article: How about selling an advertising agency? What if you have a business that is driven by strong personal relationships and the creative juices of the founder/principal? How would you sell a business like that? This is what David Blois and I discuss this week when we talk about his brokerage firm. They specialize in selling advertising agencies and handing the...

Mar 04, 2020•26 min

Harrison Hunter Reid and I tackle scarcity mindsets and other fun business stuff.

https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/harrisonhunterreid https://koohlahs.com https://www.instagram.com/harrisonhunterreid Learn to buy a business at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Related Article: Meet Harrison Hunter Reid How does one get a speaking spot on the Nomad Cruise? How does one challenge their limiting beliefs developed in adolescence? How does one rid themselves of a scarcity mindset while not going crazy with woo-woo fan boy mushy optimism? How does one make a big positive change? Le...

Feb 26, 2020•35 min

Absent Owner Business

Learn how to buy a business at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn more and sign up for my list at https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related Article: At what sales level can we have an absent owner? Depends on whether you can afford the decline in sales and efficiency. Nobody puts more energy and passion into a business than the owner. Employees simply are not invested to the same level in most business environments. If you’re going to put a manager in place and step away from an operating ...

Feb 19, 2020•8 min

Uneven Partnerships in Business

Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Talk to me about your project: https://www.Clarity.fm/davidbarnett Never miss a video. Join my list: https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Related article: Uneven Partnerships 2020 Sundeep has time. Charlene has some money. Miguel has a truck. Peter has the contacts with a huge potential customer. How do these four properly structure a business that only two of them will work in to be equitable in compensation for what they bring? It’s ...

Feb 12, 2020•8 min

The Freedom Formula discussed with author David Finkle

Learn to buy a businss: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Find the book at my Amazon bookstore: https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbarnett Don't miss a thing- Join my email list: https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com The Freedom Formula Interview Want to be FREE?? Of course, you do! This week I spent a bit of time with author and business coach David Finkle discussing his new book called The Freedom Formula. I took the time to read it and I enjoyed it very much. Most of what I do as a consultant ...

Feb 05, 2020•23 min

January 27, 2020 4:57:01 PM

Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Reach out about small business or your road trip plans by reaching me at https://www.Clarity.fm/davidbarnett Related Article: Mexican Road Trip. I’ve just finished a week-long visit to Mexico in which I spent 5 days traveling by car. My good buddy Zack and I crossed the border at Nogales and drove all the way down to Guadalajarda and Puerto Vallarta. We saw some cool things and enjoyed the Mexican hospitality. This week, I’ve record...

Jan 29, 2020•9 min

Small Business Sustainability and savings with eco-coach Anca Novacovici

Learn more about the Adventure group coaching program at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdventure.com Get on my email list at https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Find Anca at https://www.eco-coach.com Learn tons more at https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Related Article: Feeling Green? Kermit the Frog sang that it wasn’t easy being green. Eco-coach Anca Novacovichi tells us that it can certainly be lucrative. She and her team work on sustainability audits for businesses to help them be more environmentally f...

Jan 22, 2020•19 min

UGG-ly business #startup. Even a million dollar idea can cost years.

Buy a business https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Get on my list https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbarnett Related Article: I’m going to start an amazing business and become a millionaire! So many have had this dream. Let me introduce you to someone who did it and what it really took to pull off… Brian Smith is an Australian who moved to California to surf and meet girls. He found his fortunes in importing sheep skin boots from Australia, ...

Jan 15, 2020•7 min

Licenses And Permits When Buying A Business. How To Buy A Small Business

Learn to buy a business: https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Get on my email list: https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Related Article: If I can’t get the liquor license in time, should I delay the closing? Well, I would. Licenses and permits are your key to enter the weird world of government bureaucracy. Sometimes it’s quick and easy. Sometimes you have to wait 30 days and tell all the neighbours. The thing to know though is that these rules change depending on which city, state, province or ...

Jan 08, 2020•12 min

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