
Be Advised
Most people don’t know where to begin when buying or selling a business. At Murphy Business Sales, we guide clients through the complicated process so that they get to the closing table successfully. Jennifer Smith Broeckling has a bachelor's degree in finance and an MBA from Southeast Missouri State University, along with two graduate degrees in banking from Vanderbilt and LSU. She is also a Board Certified Intermediary (BCI) and a Certified Merger & Acquisition Intermediary (CMAI). Jennifer lives in Cape Girardeau and is married to John Broeckling. They have three kids (Madeline, Ben, and Emma) and one strange little dog. To learn more about business valuations and how Murphy Business Sales helps buyers and sellers with mergers and acquisitions, visit murphybusinessofcape.com. Jennifer can be reached at j.broeckling@murphybusiness.com or at 573.335.1885.
Archives
- 7 Things You Need to do Now to Make Your Business Sellable (3/14/23)
- Save Now, Pay later – A Cautionary Tale on Running Personal Expenses Through Your Business (2/14/23)
- Know Your Company’s Worth (1/6/23)
- 5 Ways Businesses are Valued Incorrectly (11/14/22)
- Choosing the Right Advisors for Your Deal (10/11/22)
- Selecting a Broker (9/13/22)
- Meet our new Broker! (9/13/22)
- Killing a Deal (7/15/22)
- When is it Time to Sell? (6/7/22)
- One Answer to Labor Challenges Today (5/6/22)
- Recommended Reading (4/6/22)
- Buyer’s Search (3/3/22)
- Tax Strategies that Work* (2/7/22)
- 2022 Outlook (1/11/22)
- Managing Risk (12/13/21)
- Labor Force Impact on Business Sales (11/11/21)
- Value vs. Sellability (10/11/21)
- Steps to Selling (9/13/21)
- One Million Dollars! (7/20/21)
- How 2020 is Impacting Business Valuations (6/14/21)
- Prepping the People Side of Your Business for Scale or Sale (5/5/21)
- Valuation Traps (4/19/21)
- The Dirty Five Letter Word: TAXES (3/10/21)
- SBA Incentives in 2021 (2/5/21)
- A New Year’s Resolution for 2021 (1/11/21)
- Stimulus Package: What it means for business buyers and sellers (12/28/20)
- Throwing Good Money after Bad (12/16/20)
- Marketing Blindly and Nationally (11/17/20)
- The US Economy and Business Sales (10/12/20)
- Lending Posture (9/15/20)
- Hope is Not a Strategy (8/11/20)
- Can Selling Your Business be a DIY Project? (6/16/20)
- SBA Incentives for Business Acquisition and Sales (5/14/20)
- Retaining Key Employees (2/5/20)
- 2020 Forecast (1/20/20)
- The Importance of Knowing Your Business’s Value (12/18/19)
- Competition (11/11/19)
- 8 Ways to Make Buying a Business Less Scary (10/18/19)
- Discounted Cash Flow (3/20/19)
- Knowledge is Power (2/26/19)
- Value Your Business (1/18/18)
- Don’t be a lame-duck business owner. (8/28/17)
- It's Valuation Time! (3/24/17)
- Pedal to the Metal (9/20/16)
- Use Retirement Funds to Buy a Business (8/17/16)
- Seasonal Businesses (7/18/16)
- Unsellable Businesses (5/13/16)
- The Right Person for the Job (4/15/16)
- The Rhythm of the Deal (4/4/16)
- Reflections and Predictions (1/18/16)
- Reduce Your Risk (11/18/15)
- Penny Wise and Pound Foolish (10/12/15)
- Let It Go (9/16/15)
- When to Sell Your Business (7/14/15)
- Grace Under Pressure (5/12/15)
- Pay Now or Pay Later (4/23/15)
- The Negotiator (3/18/15)2
- Champions Adjust (2/11/15)
- Looking Ahead at 2015 (1/12/15)
- Benefits to Buying a Franchise (12/11/14)
- Congruence (11/11/14)
- Turning the Tide on Financing (10/10/14)
- Peak Performance vs. The Lame Duck (9/15/14)
- What is an Earn-out? (8/13/14)
- Delighted by Dell (6/13/14)4
- Can You Believe It? (2/13/14)
- GoDaddy.com Makes Lemonade (9/12/12)
- The Customer Service Halls of Fame and Shame (7/10/12)
- Consider Seller Financing (5/8/12)
- All Great Ideas Are Dangerous (4/6/12)2
- Questions Have Answers (2/28/12)2
- It's All About the Earnings (2/16/12)
- Branding is a Verb (2/2/12)
- The Right People - Part 2 (1/19/12)
- The Right People (1/16/12)
- Using Your Retirement Dollars to Fund Your Business (1/2/12)4
- Be Careful What You Wish For (12/9/11)1
- Curb Appeal (11/22/11)
- The Ownership Mentality (11/8/11)
- Prepare for 2012 (10/25/11)
- QR Code Craze (10/14/11)6
- Fill In The Blank (10/7/11)
- Marketing is a Promise (10/4/11)