Your company can be fine, but somehow feels it is time to take to another company, perhaps to explore a different field or industry. Many business people are, no matter how successful they may be keeping the transition to another company to your life of passion for life. Sometimes when you do something so long, it tends to lose power, even if you have done well in most cases. If you feel this way for your company, it might be time to sell and go.
One thing that you remember, but it must, that no matter how excited you are or no matter how large are the prospects, there is absolutely no reason for static. So rule number one, only to announce something about it before its official plan to sell the business, not the world.
There are two ways that you would like to avoid doing this and it is not to scare your existing customers. For example, if you own a restaurant, all say that you could sell people reach different stages in their minds. Can start to think, because you are in the process are in the immediate vicinity, you may be using old, almost expired ingredients for the dishes they serve. If you scare your customers are broke, you could end up with nothing to sell.
The second option, which wants to avoid in order to steal their confidential plans competitors their customers. If you sell your restaurant, you go at least want to keep your customers for your restaurant, is attractive to entrepreneurs who might be interested in buying.
The sale of a business is not all about a buyer pays the seller. As a seller, you will not be any pre-emptive move, so be careful. The point is, do not tell the whole world.