Buying a For-Profit Business
Sections of This Topic Include
Basics and Planning
Where to Find Opportunities to Buy a Business
Screening New Businesses to Buy
– – – Franchises?
– – – Multilevel Marketing Companies?
– – – Business
Incubators (new businesses that share facilities and other resources)
Evaluating the Business
Making the Deal
Tax Implications
Financing the Deal
Closing the Deal
Sources of Free Information and Materials
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Related Library Topics
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Basics and Planning
For Some Personal Reflection
Don’t
Start It! Buy It!
Buying a Business
Buying
a Business or Its Assets
So You Think You Want to Buy a Business?
Basics of Planning
How to Buy
a Business
How to Purchase
an Existing Business
How to Buy
a Business
Do You Need Help?
Nine Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Business Broker
A listing
of brokers across the nation
Where to Find Opportunities to Buy a Business
Six
Places to Look (where to find opportunities for buy a business
BizQuest —
Sources of contacts to buy and sell businesses
Business Broker’s
Network – Businesses for Sale
Screening New Businesses to Buy
Basics
What
to Ask When You Call
6 Tips for Finding the Best Buyer for Your
Business
Franchises?
FTC’s
Franchise and Business Opportunity Page
Tips
for Buying a Franchise
Multi-Level Marketing Companies?
(This type of business includes selling through distributors.)
Evaluating the Business
valuation
rules of thumb
Growth
Through Acquisition
Choosing
an Appraiser
Evaluating a Franchise
How
Crisis Management Can Enhance the Due Diligence Process
Rethinking Valuation So You Don’t Miss a Good
Deal
Making the Deal
10 Things to Look for When Buying a Business
How
to Assemble a Team to Buy a Business
Tax Implications
Financing the Deal
Closing the Deal
Sources of Free Information and Materials
Deloitte & Touche’s extensive and well-organized
list of articles
American
Express’ list of articles
Resources
for For-Profits
For the Category of Entrepreneurship (For-Profit):
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