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Your Business Is Failing, Here’s How to Save The Sinking Ship

  • Thomas Oppong
  • Dec 13, 2017
  • 3 minute read

You might find that your business is struggling on the market. This can be particularly problematic for startups where owners have poured their own personal funds into setting up the business. If things don’t improve, it won’t just be your company that is impacted. Your personal finances will take a hit too. So, what we’re looking at here is how you should deal with a company that is failing. There are numerous options to consider here so let’s start with the best-case scenario.

Invest in strategic marketing

Building a successful business can be similar to baking a great cake. If all the ingredients are not measured properly, then you can find yourself in the situation where the finished product isn’t what you want. In this case, a lack of marketing could mean that your business doesn’t get the attention that you need and due to this, you can find yourself in a situation where you are simply not making enough money to break even. It’s a serious problem but one that is easily rectified.

You just need to make sure that you are investing in an increased level of marketing. Hopefully, this should enable you to get the support you need from customers and or clients. That way, you’ll be able to make sure that you get sales you need to stay afloat.

Consider specialization

This is going to be important particularly in the manufacturing industry. You might be creating a product for sale that includes a number of different processes. Rather than taking them all by yourself, you can instead set up a business that focuses on one individual process. This process can then be your main point of profit. You can offer it to different companies and essentially make it the heart of what your business provides.

You might think that providing multiple services or products is the best and clearest route to profitability, but that isn’t always true. In fact, more products and services tend to mean more costs that you may not be able to afford. As such, specialization can be a great option.

You could get out

Alternatively, you can explore the possibility of cutting your losses and declaring your business to be bankrupt. At this point, any of your assets are liquidated so that any debt that you have accumulated can be paid off. It’s not an ideal situation, and you will be back to square one, but your personal finances will endure. You can learn more on tulsabankruptcylawyers.net/bankruptcy-attorney-tulsa-chapter-7-bankruptcy/. Alternatively, just seek out your own lawyer who can help you in this situation. The best bankruptcy lawyer will work to ensure that you get the right deal and aren’t at a disadvantage.

Sell sell sell

Or perhaps the last option is the best. You might think that your business is in such a sorry state that no one will want to buy it. People often buy losers to see if they can turn them into winners and they are willing to pay for the privilege.

You can learn more about buying businesses on bgateway.com/business-guides/first-steps/buy-a-business-or-franchise/. Speak with a business sales broker and see what type of price you can get for your failing company on the market. If you’re looking to sell a local business, such as a restaurant or cafe, consider speaking to specialised local brokers, where you can list your cafe for sale publicly online.

Thomas Oppong

Founder at Alltopstartups and author of Working in The Gig Economy. His work has been featured at Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine.

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