If you are planning on selling your business, one of your top priorities should be to make sure you are positioned to get the best offer. Serious buyers recognize a valuable opportunity when they find it, so it is up to you (and your broker) to make sure that your business looks like a good investment in every way possible.

If you are planning on selling your business, one of your top priorities should be to make sure you are positioned to get the best offer. Serious buyers recognize a valuable opportunity when they find it, so it is up to you (and your broker) to make sure that your business looks like a good investment in every way possible.

In 10 Things to Do Before Selling Your Business (To Maximize Shareholder Value), Carol J. Roth provides a list of 10 things you can do to ensure that you don't leave any money on the table when selling your business.

Three things many business sellers overlook:

• Properly incentivizing your current management team
• Scrutinizing pending investments
• Considering the business cycle