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    American Fortune CEO, Brian Mazar, Give His Advice on Business Valuations

    PRWeb – Tue, Feb 7, 2012

    Business owners are frequently noted for their hard-work, their passion and their focus. After all, the caliber of these characteristics often separates thriving companies from those that fail. But once a business idea is converted into a living, breathing company, it’s these very same characters that can kill a businesses’ growth potential. American Fortune’s CEO, Brian Mazar, addresses why this occurs and offers advice on how to eliminate this profit-sapping problem.

    (PRWEB) February 07, 2012

    Business owners are frequently noted for their hard-work, their passion and their focus. After all, the caliber of these characteristics often separates thriving companies from those that fail. But once a business idea is converted into a living, breathing company, it’s these very same characters that can kill a businesses’ growth potential. Why? Because owners frequently focus their hard-work and passion on daily operations rather than giving sufficient attention to executive-level responsibilities. Responsibilities that, with regular attention, can significantly increase business value and turn a revenue-cultured company into a profit-cultured company.

    “It’s quite difficult for an owner to step back from daily operations,” stated American Fortune Mergers & Acquisitions CEO, Brian Mazar, “but to assure a company is profitable and growing, it’s essential.”

    To keep an owner involved in operations and focused on a healthy business valuation, Mr. Mazar suggests three simple steps, when, done annually, can give a business the best chance for a healthy bottom line.

    Mr. Mazar first suggests conducting a business check-up, often called a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats). “This checkup requires a significant investment the first time it’s performed, but future check-ups can be conducted as a benchmark against the first one and will be less time-consuming.” By focusing on these four aspects of a business, a very specific list of what is good and bad about a company can be translated into action items.

    “The next thing to do is determine a company’s profitability drivers.” This starts with understanding where money is made and lost. “It is easy to equate growing revenues with making money, but unless operating margin is keeping pace with revenue growth, a business is actually facing a decline in profitability,” states Mazar. To understand the total profitability picture, Mr. Mazar suggests analyzing the cost structure and contribution margin of each business component separately. Such components may be brands, products, channels or customers.

    Once profitability drivers are defined, consider on any of the following suggestions to round-out an annual analysis:


    1.    Re-evaluate all products and services. “Consider dropping low volume products or services and only keep them if their customer reach is strategic in terms of loyalty, satisfaction and relevance,” said Mazar. He also suggests comparing their contribution margin to all products and services. Evaluate their system-wide operation impact on manufacturing and distribution productivity.


    2.    Realign customers. Mazar encourages owners not to be afraid to renegotiate pricing or completely eliminate unprofitable customers to improve the low-cost and high-cost mix. “This may allow for consolidation of facilities, reduction of manufacturing lines and more efficient distribution.


    3.    Set long-term strategy. This involves sharing your findings with the entire leadership team so all future discussions will be based on true costs, system-wide impact, and the most favorable profitability strategies.

    “Your goal should be to move from a revenue culture to a profit culture and maximize your business’s valuation,” states Mazar. “Careful planning will allow you to transition your company without jeopardizing either near-term performance or future growth. Set aside time to review the SWOT action plans twice a year and complete your business checkup annually. As needed, make adjustments and work with external advisers to stay on course. Just like a fitness plan, once you get started, you will see signs of improvement. “The life span and business valuation of any company will be dramatically increased.”

    American Fortune Mergers & Acquisitions, LLC is a nation-wide firm that provides services in the areas of growth-to-exit planning, mergers and acquisitions and business valuations for businesses with revenues between $3 million and $100 million. American Fortune was founded by industry veteran Brian S. Mazar who developed a unique buying process that is sell-side driven. Due to this process, American Fortune successfully sells their businesses at an average of 98% their listed price.

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    Brian Mazar, MBA
    American Fortune Mergers & Acquisitions, LLC
    502-244-0480 24
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