Global Business Initiatives, LLC

Business acquisition/Merger

We also specialize in the business acquisition or merger. The business which fall in this category are not advertised.

Please contact us with more details.

We do business with firms with a sale volume of over a million dollars or more. If you are looking for a decent business, Global business initiatives, LLC is your ultimate destination.

We have a commitment to provide our customers excellent service that will help investors in buying a business of their choice in a shortest practical time. GBIBiz or Global business initiatives llc, deals only with high net businesses with a successful track record.

Locating the right business to purchase can be a frustrating and time-consuming experience. We provide you the business listings free of cost. We have developed an alternative and smart approach to find a business in the hidden market. Our professional service is for serious investors/buyers who are seeking an aggressive approach to identifying and negotiating with the 95% of businesses that can’t be found in the open market. Our search enables them to concentrate on evaluating and negotiating transactions rather than spending the time and expense of locating them. The main advantages of working with us are many. We locate the opportunities before they reach the open market.

We find these deals before the competition (other buyers, brokers) even touch these businesses.

We negotiate with business owners before price and terms are set.

We buy/sell with specific goals with in a time frame.

Most of all, you are able to find specific opportunities that fit investors/buyers strategy and criteria.

We work purely on a success basis and are compensated if and only when we are successful in locating an acquisition candidate that results in a transaction. We bear the entire direct database and list procurement costs for the search and provide with those custom business lists for free.

Our Businesses range from decent to most modern showrooms, boutiques, graphic designers, media houses, Manufacturing, and Marketing nationwide with a price rage of up to 50 million US dollars.

Mergers & Acquisitions

At GBI Biz we have a mergers and acquisition department that has a team of professionals that specialize in larger transactions. What qualifies a business to be an M&A transaction? There are several situations that could make your business qualify for our M&A department:

Your business has earnings greater than 1 million dollars. When business grows to this size they become targets for acquisition by industry players.
Your business is too large for an individual buyer to purchase or finance through conventional methods. Once your business is worth multi millions, a single individual usually will not purchase it (most multimillionaires do not wish to work).
Your business is in an industry that is currently being "rolled up". In some industries, strategic buyers that want to consolidate the marketplace will purchase even small businesses.
Your business is experiencing incredible growth. If you business is running out of capital because of growth, it may be an M&A target.
You want to grow your business and perhaps retain some equity. If that is the case, you will need M&A expertise.

The M&A Selling Process

Understanding your goals

we meet with you and perhaps your advisers to understand your future goals. There can be many situations that could be present. Important issues include:

Your company is growing and you need capital.
Your company is growing and you need expertise to take it to the next level.
You would like to take some chips of the table.
You need to retire and there are no family successors.
There are family successors and they will need capital and/or expertise.
You have been approached by your competition to sell your business.
There is an industry consolidation happening.
The marketplace is changing and you cannot or are not willing to invest to keep up.
You are tired and want to do something else with your life.

What ever the issues are we need to understand them completely.

Review your options

There are many options that you must consider. GBI Biz can help you understand them all. Important issues include:

Is it time to sell?
Who are the buyers?
Strategic or financial?
Can I raise capital?
Can or should I go public?
Will I have to stay on and how long?
What are GBI Biz's fees?
Are their any upfront fees? (Most probably NO!!!)

Valuation!

GBI Biz can help you understand how much the company worth! Important issues include:

Should I pay for a valuation? How much? (Not 50k!!!!)
What multiple applies to my business?
What methods or rules of thumb are used in our industry?
Do assets matter?
Do you apply gross sales
What are the tax implications?

Create a strategic plan

those who fail to plan, plan to fail. GBI Biz M&A will set up a plan of action to take your business to market. Important issues include:

Which buyers do we approach first?
How do we get the best price?
How do we create completion for the deal?
How do we keep it CONFIDENTIAL!
Preparing the right marketing package (Deal book!)

Create a strategic plan

those who fail to plan, plan to fail. GBI Biz M&A will set up a plan of action to take your business to market. Important issues include:

Which buyers do we approach first?
How do we get the best price?
How do we create completion for the deal?
How do we keep it CONFIDENTIAL!
Preparing the right marketing package (Deal book!)

Network and market the sale

GBI Biz approach to M&A is different! We keep all the options open and include the important issues first:

The multifaceted approach. First strategic buyers, then financial, then open market.
Create competition for the deal! To get you the best price!
Qualify buyers
Review their qualifications.

Meet with prospective buyers

GBI Biz will attend most meetings with buyers and be present on conference calls. We will prepare before hand. We will also have a post meeting to go over how the meeting progressed. Important issues include:

Meet with only the best buyers.
How to handle conference calls.
How to handle face-to-face meetings.
Limited but important information.

Solicit and review letters of intent

GBI Biz will work with you and your advisers to decide who the best buyer is, and which one will eventually close! Important issues include:

Who's the best buyer?
Cash, notes, stock, escrow?
Senior debt, mezzanine, secondary?
No shops and non-solicitation agreements?

Negotiate the sale

GBI Biz has an in house rigorous training program to refine negotiating skills. Most companies in the M&A process are professional buyers; you need an expert on your side. Important points include:

Negotiation never ends.
What should be in the Letter of Intend?
When should the definitive agreements be drawn?
How long for due diligence?
Who pays the attorneys, CPA's?
Is an audit necessary?

Due Diligence

50% of poorly managed deals die in due diligence. GBI Biz will quarterback this process and keep everyone in the game. Important issues include:

What information is necessary?
Where is due diligence done?
What to do when the buyer asks you to cut out the intermediary, your attorney, or CPA?
How not to get a “haircut” as the deal progresses!

Close the deal!

Once due diligence is over, then the M& A process must be completed. GBI Biz will work tirelessly to get the transaction closed! Important issues include:

Review and negotiate definitive agreements.
Follow up with financing sources.
Arrange real estate sales or lease transfers.
Notify key employees at the appropriate time.
Help arrange wire transfers.
Make reservations for the celebratory dinner!!! (Perhaps even pick up the tab!)

Please call us for no obligation inquiry.

We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry. Please visit us again. There is much more to follow.