To Talk or not to Talk to a Potential Buyer?
by François M. de Visscher
Maybe you shouldn’t just say, “Sorry, not interested.” But you should take steps to control the process. A man we’ll call Harry Dobbs had given no thought to selling his family’s business. But recently he received a phone call from a lawyer who said he had a client interested in buying the company. Dobbs Hardware is a very successful distributor and Harry enjoys being its CEO. However, the call made him stop and think: “Maybe I shouldn’t just say, ‘Sorry, not interested.’ Maybe I should at least look at what this guy has in mind.” More…