NEW BOOK RELEASE: Selling Your Business? Get Prepared!

Nov. 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Put It Together LLC announced today the release of its book Selling Your Business?  Get Prepared!  This book provides an easy-to-read straightforward guide to help entrepreneurs get prepared to sell their business, whether they are contemplating selling now or some time in the near future. Being prepared to sell a business eases stress and produces a smoother due diligence process leading to a faster closing of the deal. The book’s list price is $16.99, and it is available at www.Amazon.com or www.PutItTogether.BIZ.

When asked why he wrote the book, James Witham said, “Having acquired a number of businesses across a broad spectrum of industries, we found most owners were woefully unprepared to sell their business. We saw a tremendous need to educate entrepreneurs on how and why to prepare to sell their business.”

Co-author Karen Laustsen added, “We have translated the expertise we acquired through frustrating acquisition experiences with unprepared business owners into this informative book, Selling Your Business?  Get Prepared! The book goes hand-in-hand with the consulting services we offer to small business owners.”

Selling Your Business?  Get Prepared! includes more than 30 anecdotes interspersed throughout the text depicting acquisition scenarios the authors have encountered and the lessons that can be learned from each. Thought provoking tasks following most chapters engage the readers to focus on preparation requirements, understand the acquisition process through the buyer’s eyes and prepare for the scrutiny of due diligence.

Chapter titles include: Why Be Prepared?; Steps of the Selling Process; Why Are You Selling?; What Are You Selling?; Why Would Someone Buy Your Business?; When Should You Sell?; What’s It Worth?; The Cost of Selling Your Business; Should You Hire a Broker?; Finding A Buyer; Your Employees; Preparing Your Business Profile; Preparing Your Selling Memorandum; Preparing for Due Diligence; Preparing to Meet Prospective Buyers; and Preparing for a Site Visit.

Meet the Authors

Over a 20-year span, James Witham served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of five companies he founded and took public through firm-commitment underwritten IPOs. The growth of these companies was accomplished largely through acquisitions, landing one company in the top 100 of Inc. magazine’s list of Fastest Growing Small Public Companies. He is a recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and served on the Executive Committee of the All American Collegiate Golf Foundation.

Co-author Karen Laustsen has served in executive positions and on the boards of directors of five publicly traded companies.  She has extensive experience in conducting due diligence on acquisition targets across a broad spectrum of industry sectors and sizes of companies.

Through their company Put It Together LLC, the authors provide workshops, seminars and consulting services to small business owners that are considering selling their businesses, as well as to the buyers who may be seeking to acquire them.  

For more information please visit, www.PutItTogether.BIZ or call 800-514-1407.