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		<title>How Business Owners &#038; Investors Can Thrive by Looking Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Priscilla Dakin Business Valuation Specialist Board Member, New Mexico Angels Albuquerque Journal Published November 16, 2025 - 6:15 a.m. Modified November 16, 2025 - 6:15 a.m. Priscilla Dakin There is an old adage: Look forward 80% of the time and back only 20%. For those in business, whether running a company or investing in one,  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Typical Buyer’s Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Priscilla Dakin, Dakin Business Group Acknowledging up front that the typical anything is really not what happens, small businesses have a fairly routine buyer process and it looks like this: The buyer demonstrates interest, represents capability to purchase the business and signs a non-compete and do-no-harm agreement. S/he receives the marketing package S/he asks  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What does it mean in the listing agreement “…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“A portion of the sale price is allocated to a non-compete….” One of the facts of a sale of a business is taxes. The way taxation happens is taking the full sale price, say $100 as example, and dividing it to certain categories, the most common of these are goodwill, non-compete, inventory of any, finally,  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (aka cash flow to single owner) Vrs. EBITDA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Yesterday a valuation client asked if her EBITDA value given by CPA would be the same as what I calculate.  Frankly I just don’t know and really don’t want to know the CPA’s calculation until AFTER mine is completed. While this is yet to be learned about her company, most small companies, let’s say  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What About Sellers Sharing Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I first started in the business of brokering businesses, I was told most all sales are seller financed.  Not so today. Often a cash offer is discounted by 10 - 20% because it takes away the Seller's risk. Even with SBA financing being as delightful as it is now, sellers do sometimes share in  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>So You Want to Sell Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you want to be ready to sell? These are key pieces for your consideration. Have your personal financial plan in order, including a likely net gain from the sale of the business. Know the value of your business. Know that these positive characteristics can impact the value: Not being dependent on you, the owner  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COVID PNM RELIEF</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[APPLY BY  3/31/21 OUR NM ELECTRIC PROVIDER IS OFFERING RELIEF How does the PNM Small Business COVID Relief Program Work?   ·    $500 assistance for PNM customers in arrears (recently increased from $200) ·    A total of $500,000 can be awarded to small business customers ·    Deadline to apply is March 31, 2021   ·     [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COVID Relief &#8211; 2021</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just some new tidbits on PPP for the new opportunity - Reminder - you need to show quarter over quarter decline 2019 to 2020 and owned the business 2/15/20. Forgiveness categories are now (and maybe retroactively to 2020 PPP): Up to 40% Covered supplier costs - not building inventory but supplies used in operations Covered  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Comparing Signed Relief Bills &#8211; March/December  2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a brief summary of the new and former relief bills. The $900 billion stimulus bill is seen as a short-term relief package until early 2021, where President-elect Joe Biden and his administration are expected to introduce yet another stimulus package to address some of what the $900 billion bill leaves out.   New  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>December 2020 New Relief Bill &#8211; Includes PPP Funds &#038; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 13:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finally, yesterday, 12/30/20 it was decided, the Senate has elected to not approve  additional funds for individuals.  So, the bill agreed earlier in the month by congress and signed by the president stands. Key features include: Direct payments of up to $600 per adult, Enhanced jobless benefits of $300 per week, Roughly $284 billion in  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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