Nolan Penning – Former Owner – Magnum Flavours & Ingredients

January 28, 2019 by John Denton Leave a Comment

A few years before I wanted to sell my business, I attended John’s “Prepare Your Business Ready For Sale” course and this was extremely beneficial. I discovered that selling a business was a lot more complicated than I expected. After the course i joined the BOB group and John worked with me as my bob coach to prepare my company for sale over an 18 month period.

When the time came to list I was fully prepared and achieved a very satisfying result. I cannot thank John and the BOB group enough for the support and guidance. My advice to business owners, join BOB today.

Nolan Penning
Former Owner of Magnum Flavours & Ingredients

Gary Maynard – Owner – Medichill

January 28, 2019 by John Denton Leave a Comment

When it comes time to make big decisions, to bounce ideas off people or have a focus group on a new product, that’s when it can feel very lonely for a lot of small business people. That is where I have found John Denton’s mentoring/business owners board (Bob) to be invaluable assistance. You are grouped with a wide variety of like-minded people who want to improve their business, willing to share their time and experience to potentially help you. The advice also comes un-biased with no strings attached, and sometimes it hurts! The fact that I have been a member for over 8 years and my business has improved each year is testament to the value of the group and the professionalism of John as a facilitator. I recommend the group unreservedly.

Kind Regards

Gary Maynard
Owner – Medichill

Thank You And The Team – Mentoring Group

January 17, 2012 by John Denton Leave a Comment

From Leon Best, Bestgroup Pty Ltd & Best Professional Services

I would like to thank You John Denton, and the Team ( and I don’t use the word ‘team’ lightly), at your Advanced Mentoring Group (AMG) which I have participated in for over two years. The amount that I have learned from our meetings is huge, being the sponge that I am, I have put many things into practice from implementing full Systems and Procedures to knowing the numbers and what they mean to marketing and sales and my business which has progressed in leaps and bounds trippling in turnover over that period and now heading to a solid 2.5 million in turnover, cutting many costs and increasing Net profit.

Without the help from yourself and the Advanced Mentoring group and those wonderful, knowledgeable, people involved I would never have built a Triple award winning successful business and would never have started another one at the same time.

Thanks again, Leon

Testimonial On John’s Facilitation

August 21, 2010 by John Denton Leave a Comment

From Andrew Foote – Master Franchisor of Party Plus www.partyplus.com.au

“Party Plus engaged John Denton to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for franchisees (business owners) on 25 July 2010.

The day included presentations and activities on the business sale process, with an emphasis upon achieving maximum sale price and minimum timeframe through a process of conscious business planning and improvement.

John received a consistently high rating and positive comments from the franchisees.

As the event organiser, I appreciated John’s willingness to determine our brief for the day, to relate his presentation to prior learning events we had conducted, and to deliver as per our expectation. I found John reliable to work with, he delivered what was agreed in full, exercised good time management , and was flexible on the day to spend more or less time in areas the attendees wanted.

Party Plus franchisees operate a 6 day business, so to ask them to devote a Sunday off to a workshop and pay for it takes a leap of faith. John delivered and the franchisees stated they gained real value from their investment.

I have no hesitation in recommending John’s work to other groups.”

Andrew Foote – Master Franchise Owner of Party Plus www.partyplus.com.au

For more on my workshops and facilitations go to the “Workshops” tab at the top of this page!

I have no hesitation in recommending John’s work to other groups.”

For The Record – Mentoring Group Testimonial

July 1, 2010 by John Denton Leave a Comment

Testimonial From Louise Evans owner of Evans Modelling

“I am having a fantastic time with the Mentoring group.

Yes, I found everyone a little quiet but I assumed it was because (like me) they were all knuckling down on their own business and implementing the valuable tools we are learning.

The changes in my business and also personal life so far are largely due to the information and knowledge I receive from SBC Mentoring.

I treat each session as re grouping and re analyzing the direction I am headed in.

I look forward to the remaining sessions of this Mentoring session and the advanced mentoring to come.

I am having a fantastic time with the Mentoring group.”

For information on the mentoring groups click on the WORKSHOP PROGRAMS tab at the top of the page or contact me via the CONTACT US tab.

Testimonial On The Sale Of A Business

December 29, 2009 by John Denton 1 Comment

From Chris and Eva Godwin – December 2009

I tried a very well known company in Perth to sell my business. After one interview and a look at some basic figures they said; “it wasn’t worth anything and they weren’t interested”. After picking myself up I started asking around and was recommended to John Denton of Performance Business Sales. What a breath of fresh air that was.

John and PBS weren’t interested in the figures in the beginning, they were interested in the business and the owners, then the figures. The process was professional, honest and respectful and the final sale price of the business was fair and reasonable. Due to the businesses specialised nature it took 12 months to sell. John stuck by us (husband and wife directors) to the end and this may sound a little strange, but I actually enjoyed the process as it taught me so much.

My family (me, the misses and 2 kids under 10) our now living in Germany for one year (2010) before returning to Australia and if I decide to buy or sell another business again it will be through John and PBS. To whoever reads this testimonial; “If you want to sell your business, stop mucking around and use John of PBS. You want regret it; I didn’t”.

Contact details supplied. Chris and Eva are happy to be contacted.

Roger Gott on “The 7 Key Steps To Developing Your Business Ready For Sale”

July 8, 2009 by John Denton Leave a Comment

“A good session if you are starting in business or have been in it for a while. Until you know what is required to sell a business, you will find it difficult to create a successful one.”
Roger Gott – Cove Health Clubs

Steve Laing on the half day workshop “The 7 Key Steps To Developing Your Business Ready For Sale”

July 8, 2009 by John Denton Leave a Comment

“It doesn’t matter if you are planning to sell next year, in five years, or in twenty – at some point it is likely that you will be looking to sell it. Before you do, it is essential that you know what your business is worth on the market.

If you haven’t thought about how you intend to sell your business when you started it up – and lets face it, many business owners don’t – then this course is essential. You need to prepare for at least three years prior to selling, so thinking about your exit strategy early is extremely worthwhile. I’d recommend this course to the owner of any business so that they can understand how their business is valued, and how to produce a more saleable, and valuable, asset.”
Steve Laing – Ace Scooters
www.acescooters.com.au

John McGill on What A Hot Seat Session In A Connect Group Can Do For You

April 30, 2009 by John Denton Leave a Comment

To all the people that helped me with my “Hot Seat” session last year … may I say a big thank you to you. As per the update in one of the earlier meetings, thanks to the information offeredin the hot seat session and the directions I chose, I am now on the way to growing the business and we have now received the first order from the Middle East. This one order is for an amount that exceeds our best annual turnover for any of the past 9 years. We are now working on another project over there that will be at least 4 times the size of this first middle east order and our system is being presented in more projects this week. I am still working on the wireless link too and that has plenty of potential to go international as well. Wow ! what a result from evaluating the answers to a few questions in the hot seat and making a few decisions. John McGill – QMax

John (the Jedi) on Businesses

April 16, 2009 by John Denton Leave a Comment

John Denton’s catch cry and passion is “Building Business’ For Sale or Lifestyle”. John sums it up well in that people mostly started their business for a ‘lifestyle’ reason and then somehow became a ‘slave’ to the business at some level.

John Denton is our “Jedi” knight and his core question… “What’s the objective here?” cuts straight to the bone and stops us from going over ‘to the dark side’ in all our entrepreneurial ‘flair and creativity’.

That objectiveness converts into manageable, implementable and focussed tasks that help us and many others move forward in their business with great momentum.

For those who know the ‘Jedi’ ways John also lives by the “Do… or do not… there is no try” which translates into massive action.

By Peter Butler – Smarter Websites