Selling a business is not just a financial transaction, it’s an emotional one too.

Our Business Sale Process

Name: Alberta Business Exchange
Address: 1209 59 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2H 2L7, Canada
Telephone: 403-456-4442

You are ready for the next phase of your life and you’re preparing to sell your business. This is an exciting, but anxious, time for most entrepreneurs. After all, your business represents years of hard work and likely a large part of your investment portfolio; you want to bring about a successful transition.

The business, or company, sale process is complicated and involves many steps. When the process is not professionally managed, the risk of a deal falling apart increases dramatically. Confidentiality may be breached, your buyer may be unable to acquire financing at the last minute, or highly charged emotions may result in an irreparable breakdown in negotiations. These are just a few of the problems that may arise.

Our business sale process is designed to facilitate the sale, not make it more complex. We ensure that you don’t suffer from the deal fatigue that can result when the process is not professionally managed or when the buyer and the buyer’s advisors attempt to make the transaction much more complicated than it needs to be.

Steps to Selling Your Business

1 Building a Foundation of Trust

You need to trust us to do what’s best for you in all stages of the process, and we need to trust you to keep your goals in mind and to be involved in the process.

Read About Trust

2 Preparing Your Business for Sale

Preparing your business for the sale is extremely important. The more information you are able to provide, the better job we can do presenting your business to buyers.

Read About Sale Preparation

3 Presenting Your Business

A Confidential Information Memorandum, or CIM, is a comprehensive overview of your business. It’s the vehicle for making a great first impression on buyers.

Read About Presenting Your Business

4 Customized Marketing Plan

Marketing your business is not just a matter of placing a few online ads and waiting for the phone to ring. Businesses like yours demand a more professional approach.

Read About Marketing Plans

5 The Investment Opportunity / M&A Teaser

After our buyer research, we will distribute an Investment Opportunity / M&A Teaser.. The teaser is a document used to introduce your business opportunity to prospective buyers.

Read About Investment Teasers

6 Business Buyer Qualification

Business buyer qualification ensures that confidentiality is maintained and keeps the process moving forward without wasting everyone’s time on unsuitable buyers.

Read About Buyer Qualifications

7 The Non-Disclosure Agreement

After prospective buyers have been identified and targeted, they must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement, also called an NDA or Confidentiality Agreement.

Read About Non-Disclosure Agreements

8 Letters of Intent / Offers to Purchase a Business

Letters of intent can sometimes be very vague. This inevitably results in problems, issues, and misunderstandings during the subsequent negotiations.

Read About Offers & LOI's

9 Negotiating the sale

Negotiating the sale of a business is the most critical phase of the business sale process. Professionally managing this critical phase is extremely important.

Read About Negotiations

10 Due Diligence

The due diligence process is often difficult and challenging. You must provide a great deal of corporate and personal information, even if it’s private or confidential.

Read About Due Diligence

11 Closing

It’s not just you and the buyer anymore. There are now more people involved in the deal on both sides: accountants, lawyers, and tax specialists.

Read About Closing

Your Business Sale Advisor

As your business sale advisor, we know that preparation is key. If you’re not prepared for every part of the process, the sale of your business may fail to meet your expectations. That’s why we take the time, starting with our first meeting, to let you know what’s in store every step of the way. Without that understanding, you may be faced with unpleasant surprises because you weren’t properly educated about all aspects of the transaction.

By taking some time to read the information in this section, you’ll understand our business sale process and what’s involved in each step.

Words are not enough to express our gratitude for Randy and Hammad at Alberta Business Exchange. From our very first meeting in late 2021 until closing day in June 2022, we knew they had our best interests at heart, every step of the way.

I highly recommend Alberta Business Exchange when considering selling your business. We worked hard to build our business over 27 years and Randy and Hammad gave us the confidence to make the decision to use their expertise when selling our business.”

Alberta Business Exchange has developed a process that is easy to understand, and guides you through the necessary steps to sell your business without any added stress.

From the initial meeting till the very last moment, the ABE team was top-notch! I would recommend anyone who is looking to acquire a business, to contact the ABE team, you won’t be disappointed! They don’t deal like any other business brokerage, they make sure that the business is a perfect fit for the buyer. Thank you Randy, Hammad, and the entire ABE team for making our acquisition smooth!.

Best in the industry! I had the pleasure of working with Randy and Hammad recently. The knowledge, attention to detail, and organization they bring to the table are unmatched and unheard of in this industry. I have bought multiple businesses in the past few years, I am impressed by the level of professionalism they offer, and my last transaction was the easiest ever I did so far. Thanks Randy and Hammad.