Best practices for quickly selling a small company?
hga: Well ... one approach would be to find someone like my father (who's 77 now and happily retired).  Give him a 1/3 commission, agree on the minimum terms (i.e. the above plus a price) and stand back.However, anyway you look at it, unless you're willing to spend some number of months to do it right, you're not likely to get a good deal.  It's always possible, but I wouldn't count on it.And that's one reason to hire a specialist, someone who can play the game without conveying that you want out yesterday.  And I've seen my father do this sort of thing, it can be done.Good luck!