BY SUSAN WARD Updated October 11, 2018 Has a small business for sale caught your eye? If you know what to look for and how to buy a small business, buying an existing operation can be a great opportunity to step into the company without going through the process of starting from scratch. If you buy …
By Priyanka Prakash on May 17, 2016 | Business Acquisition, Financing, How To | Comments (0) Here at Fit Small Business we have written over a dozen articles on how to buy a business. In this ultimate guide, we bring together all the resources on buying and valuing a business into one place. This guide covers the following: Where to Find Businesses for Sale Questions to Ask When …
What makes an entrepreneur great has much more to do with what happens after their idea is born than how they come up with it in the first place. How do they turn their vision into a business? How do they develop their team? How do they generate sales and funds? And how do they …
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Many aspiring leaders take conventional routes to the top in business: They get on a C-suite track at a large company, climb the ladder to partnership at a consulting or investment firm, or launch their own start-up. But there is another career path that has become increasingly popular in recent years: buying and running an …
Why not take a common sense approach to entrepreneurship, and consider the option of buying an already established business? March 22, 2004 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’re getting serious about joining the entrepreneurial ranks, you’re probably considering launching your own venture or maybe buying a franchise or business opportunity. But …
So you’re considering buying a business. But is it really the right move? By Darren Dahl Contributing editor, Inc.@darren_dahl Getty Many experts are predicting that a huge wave of businesses will become available over the next decade or so as baby boomers look to sell. As the economy continues its climb into a full-blown recovery (we hope), …
Let’s face it: most people have no choice but to work. They don’t have trust funds or generations of family wealthy to sustain them through the ups and downs of life. Everyone’s needs, and sometimes those of their family members, are dependent on their ability to earn enough income to cover them. Sadly, a large …
Fuse, Getty Images/Fuse A stay-at-home CEO works while her daughter writes on a blackboard. Sometimes businesses at trade shows would snub Renae Christine when they found out her company was run out of her home. “They were only interested in brick and mortar businesses,” she says. But that was in 2006, pre-recession, and with the …
Want to shorten your commute from an hour to a minute? Many of the most successful small businesses started out in a home office. Whether your job involves a computer or a lawnmower, a home based business can be an inexpensive path to entrepreneurship. How do you start? We’ve grouped the following resources together as …
One thing we can all agree on is that female entrepreneurs don’t get enough press — even the successful ones. So let’s take a step toward changing that. Here’s a guest post from Mary Fernandez, a visibility strategist who helps entrepreneurs stand out online. (She’s also created a handy guide that will help you discover how to …
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