I am currently a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. I am working on a research project to learn more about the difficulties and successes that small, medium and family businesses may experience when selling their businesses. In my coursework, I’ve heard many anecdotal stories, but I wanted to dig deeper into really understanding what this process really looks like for people who have lived it.
The survey is completely anonymous, and if there is any information you are not comfortable with sharing, there is always an option not to disclose. Individual responses will not be disclosed to external parties, and will not be sold.
This first segment of questions is preliminary demographic questions, followed by business survey questions, and optional wrap up questions.