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06/22/08 The Basis for Valuations When Buying a Business
I want to continue to discuss valuations and this week we will touch upon the basis upon which the majority of business you will encounter will be valued by the seller. First, let's get some clarity because there is a... |
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06/02/08 How to Value a Business for Sale
Our company conducted a survey last month with 566 prospective business buyers (people who stated they were actively looking to buy a business). We asked them to identify their single biggest concern about the business-buying process. Twenty-three percent stated that... |
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05/19/08 Getting the Money from Family and Friends When Buying a Business
Getting the money to buy a business is, oddly enough, one of the things that many buyers leave for the last minute. Perhaps it ties into the incorrect perception that traditional lenders have their vaults open ready to hand over... |
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05/12/08 When You Buy or Sell a Business An Effective Training Period Benefits Everyone
Having a reasonable and effective transition time when you buy a business can sometimes make the entire difference between whether or not the business remains successful after you take over. Similarly, every seller should want the business to be turned... |
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05/04/08 Whether Buying or Selling a Business You Can Learn Something From Warren Buffett
I want to talk about two issues both of which emanate from renowned investor Warren Buffett which are great lessons for both prospective business buyers and sellers. Lesson For Sellers: The annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting was held in Omaha, Nebraska... |
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04/21/08 Why Would Anyone Sell a Good Business?
This question was posed to me recently by a radio show host. It was interesting because he couldn't get his arms around the idea that anyone would ever sell a good business. It's probably why he will never own one.... |
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04/14/08 Creative Deal Structures When Buying a Business
A common and reasonable concern for any business buyer is to be certain that the business is sustainable after you take over the company. Of course, it would be nice to buy a business and have the seller provide you... |
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04/06/08 Some Business Buyers See Problems.....Some See Opportunities
I just returned from a weekend in Orlando, Florida with my wife and youngest of our four children, our six-year old son Jake. He is a Sponge Bob Square Pants fanatic and he wanted to stay at the new Nick... |
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03/23/08 Using - The B.O.S.S. Theory - to Quickly Evaluate a Business
It is often difficult in the early stages of reviewing a potential opportunity (especially for first-timer business buyers) to really determine if it is a good business. There may so much information to digest in some cases that it becomes... |
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03/10/08 Separating Buyers from "Lookers"
Being based in Florida, I get way too many calls from prospective 'business buyers' who have sold their businesses up north, they may be retired, and now they've settled down here. After a few months of playing golf, and being... |
