--- title: Preparing Your Business for Sale Part I description: Rod Hore of HHMC Global talks about preparing the small recruitment business for sale and will guide how to concentrate on building the business and achieve a great outcome while selling,at The Deal Room Podcast with Joanna Oakey. image: https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/Images/630x320/preparing_your_business_for_sale1_podcast_v2.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i#main-content) [![logoHHMC.jpg](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/logoHHMC.jpg?width=200&height=177&name=logoHHMC.jpg)](https://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Home](http://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Services](http://www.hhmc.com.au/services/) - [About](https://www.hhmc.com.au/about-us/) - [Events](https://www.hhmc.com.au/upcoming-events) - [Blog](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](http://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Services](http://www.hhmc.com.au/services/) - [About](https://www.hhmc.com.au/about-us/) - [Events](https://www.hhmc.com.au/upcoming-events) - [Blog](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/) - [Contact us](https://www.hhmc.com.au/contact-us/) [Contact us](https://www.hhmc.com.au/contact-us/) ![HHMC-2](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC-2.png?width=600&height=70&name=HHMC-2.png "HHMC-2") [All posts](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/all) February 27, 2019 # Preparing Your Business for Sale Part I ![Picture of Richard Hayward](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Richard%20180x180.jpg?width=50&name=HHMC%202013%20Richard%20180x180.jpg) By  [Richard Hayward](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/richard-hayward)  ·  1 minute read ![preparing-your-business-for-sale](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/630x320/preparing_your_business_for_sale1_podcast_v2.jpg?width=630&name=preparing_your_business_for_sale1_podcast_v2.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://hhmc.com.au/contact/) of [HHMC Global](https://hhmc.com.au/) joins [The Deal Room Podcast](https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/thedealroom/) with [Joanna Oakey](https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/) talking about preparing smaller companies for sale in services industry. In this conversation, [Rod Hore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodhore/) talks about how to prepare small business for sale for eg building best business, the deal structure, what a business owner needs to be prepared for. Dealing with the largest organisations in the world and companies across Australia, HHMC gets a variety of smaller projects to work upon too. There are certain challenges one faces while dealing with smaller businesses. > **Related: [Preparing Your Business for Sale Part II](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-ii)** Organisations that have a small staff numbers like [lifestyle businesses](https://hhmc.com.au/2015/11/characteristics-of-lifestyle-companies/) often make strategies relevant to their shareholders and rather than strategic decisions for the company. Similarly it works with the smaller [owner dominant business](https://hhmc.com.au/2015/10/characteristics-of-the-owner-dominant-recruitment-agency/) that is striving to grow strategically but has not yet achieved size. [How to prepare small business for sale](https://hhmc.com.au/2017/09/ready-sell-recruitment-agency/): Rod in this podcast will guide you how to concentrate on building the business and achieve a great outcome while selling it. [Take a listen](https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/nail-the-sale-part-1/) ![The Deal Room Podcast 5](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/ep-005_banner.png?width=255&name=ep-005_banner.png "The Deal Room Podcast 5")*Aspect Legal is a boutique legal practice providing high quality proactive legal support. With more than 50 years of combined legal experience, it has entrepreneurial experience holding directorships in a range of business industries including finance, accounting, IT, and web-based businesses. * Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i) [twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i) ## Related posts [![recruitment-businesses](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/recruitment%20businesses.jpg)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2017/03/recruitment-businesses-valued) [Acquisition and Divestment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/acquisition-and-divestment) ### [How recruitment businesses are valued](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2017/03/recruitment-businesses-valued) [![Exit Strategy - 1438752_91149422](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/Images/630x320/Exit%20Strategy%20-%201438752_91149422.jpg)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2007/07/the-best-worst-business-exit-strategies) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy) ### [The Best & Worst Business Exit Strategies](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2007/07/the-best-worst-business-exit-strategies) [![](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/image-png-Nov-15-2023-04-43-00-5988-AM.png)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/the-critical-need-for-business-education) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy) ### [The Critical Need for Business Education](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/the-critical-need-for-business-education) [![HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC.png?width=100&height=91&name=HHMC.png "HHMC")](https://www.hhmc.com.au/) T: +61 2 9221 7596 ###### Postal Address PO Box 287, Claremont WA 6910, Australia [linkedin-in icon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodhore/) [twitter icon](https://twitter.com/rod_hhmc) **Pages** [Home](https://www.hhmc.com.au/) [Services](https://www.hhmc.com.au/services/) [About Us](https://www.hhmc.com.au/about-us/) [Events ](https://www.hhmc.com.au/upcoming-events) [Contact](https://www.hhmc.com.au/contact-us/) **Resources** [Blog](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/) [E-Book](https://info.hhmc.com.au/ebook-download-business-valuations) Copyright © 2026, HHMC Global ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Richard Hayward", "url" : "https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/richard-hayward" }, "dateModified" : "2019-03-14T09:11:12.598Z", "datePublished" : "2017-10-10T09:30:13.000Z", "headline" : "Preparing Your Business for Sale Part I", "image" : [ "https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/Images/630x320/preparing_your_business_for_sale1_podcast_v2.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://blog.hhmc.com.au/preparing-your-business-for-sale-part-i", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/logoHHMC.jpg" }, "name" : "HHMC Global Pty Limited" } } ``` ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "Article", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : [ "Richard Hayward" ], "url" : "https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/richard-hayward" }, "datePublished" : "2017-10-10T09:30:13+0000", "description" : "Rod Hore of HHMC Global talks about preparing the small recruitment business for sale and will guide how to concentrate on building the business and achieve a great outcome while selling,at The Deal Room Podcast with Joanna Oakey. 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