Gary Miller

Gary Miller: How to retain employees during the labor shortage

April 28, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

America鈥檚 labor shortage is approaching epidemic proportions. Across the country, more jobs are available than workers to fill them. The unemployment rate has dropped to a nearly two-decade low. Businesses...

Gary Miller,SDR Ventures. He writes a monthly column for The Denver Post.

Gary Miller: CEOs of small businesses must take active role in monitoring workplace behavior

March 24, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

A little over a year ago, I represented Paul who was selling his business to a strategic buyer from the west coast. His company had 47 employees, was 27 years...

Gary Miller: EBITDA: It抖阴ap important to understand it when selling your business

February 24, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Most business owners have heard of EBITDA, (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization), but don鈥檛 fully understand how it can affect the value of a company and the price buyers...

Gary Miller: Funding stages from startups to IPOs

February 5, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

Successful startups need to raise capital through a series of external capital raise stages.

Gary Miller: 2019 could be the best year ever for selling your business

December 23, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

No one can accurately predict with any degree of certainty what the market will look like in two to three years. Even today, some experts predict that we are headed...

Gary Miller: Benchmarking: A management tool for small- and medium-sized businesses

November 26, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

If you don鈥檛 know where you鈥檙e going you might not get there. 鈥� Yogi Berra Now that the mid-term elections are behind us and businesses are closing out the year,...

Gary Miller: Should you consider a 鈥渟tructured earnout鈥� when selling your business?

October 30, 2018 at 11:34 a.m.

Often, a business owner is faced with the decision of whether or not to consider an earnout if the business owner and the prospective buyer cannot agree on a purchase...

Seven expectations if you sell your business to a private equity firm

September 23, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Recently, Kevin and his board of directors asked me to join them in a discussion of how a private equity (PE) firm will value its business and what to expect...

Should I buy my father鈥檚 business?

August 26, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Last month, Bill and Mary, owners of a successful hardware distribution company, came to see me about selling their business to their son.

An unsolicited offer for your business. Wow! What do I do now?

July 22, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Most business owners know that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is very robust. According to Deloitte LLP, in The state of the deal, M&A trends 2018 report, 鈥淐orporations and private...

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