In earlier blogs we started our list of Things Every Businessperson Should Know Before Buying or Selling a Business. That first item was “No Pig in a Poke” and the second item was “Power of the Pen”. Here is the third one to keep in mind: 3. Separating Wheat from Chaff. Fundamentally, acquisitions take the form of either a stock sale (either directly or by merger) or an asset sale. And fundamentally, the seller receives either cash or property (i.e., stock), or some combination. Everything else is a variation -- sometimes complex -- on one ... Read More »