What Information Would Be Helpful For You To Know About A Company's Owner?

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searcher University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Pepperdine University Brigham Young University

WHAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT A COMPANY'S OWNER?

Before approaching an owner or while negotiating what information would be helpful for you to know about the owner? Age, financial status, network connections, etc.?

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searcher University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - 03/13/2020

Reason for exiting is crucial, and while it is not the most important thing, it ought to be one of the first things you know about him.

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searcher University of Houston St. Mary's University - 03/13/2020

Everything. Search their FB profile. Employees profile, public records, county property records, LinkedIn, BBB profile, on and on.

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professional Providence College - 11/18/2020

Why county property records? Are you looking for signs of distress?

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searcher University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Pepperdine University Brigham Young University - 03/14/2020

How much would it be worth it to a searcher to have all that info in a report?

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searcher University of Houston St. Mary's University - 11/19/2020

I missed this response. It’s pretty difficult to have a canned product that tells a prospective buyer what he wants to know about a given company. There is so much context to it that is hard to translate in an off the shelf product.

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searcher Stockholm School of Economics University of Virginia - 03/16/2020

I would also look at their interaction with their staff; you can tell a lot by the type of business they run and value left behind them when gone.

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