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Buying a Business For Dummies

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Overview

Prospect, evaluate, purchase, and grow an existing business

Buying a Business For Dummies guides you through the process of becoming an entrepreneur without starting from scratch. Before you purchase an existing business, you'll need to know what types of opportunities are out there, how to identify the right fit for your goals, and which strategies to use as you negotiate the deal and manage a smooth transition. This book gives you step-by-step advice on all of that. What about actually running the business successfully? You're covered there, too, with clear information on executing a smooth ownership transition and growing your new business. Let this friendly Dummies guide be your mentor as you embark on your business ownership adventure.

Know what's involved in buying a business and see if it's for you
Evaluate your risk tolerance and identify businesses worth buying
Negotiating a great deal and managing a seamless handover
Making changes to your new business —without making enemies

Buying a Business For Dummies is a great starting point for entrepreneurs interested in a lower-risk route to business ownership.

Prospect, evaluate, purchase, and grow an existing business

Buying a Business For Dummies guides you through the process of becoming an entrepreneur without starting from scratch. Before you purchase an existing business, you'll need to know what types of opportunities are out there, how to identify the right fit for your goals, and which strategies to use as you negotiate the deal and manage a smooth transition. This book gives you step-by-step advice on all of that. What about actually running the business successfully? You're covered there, too, with clear information on executing

a smooth ownership transition and growing your new business. Let this friendly Dummies guide be your mentor as you embark on your business ownership adventure.

Know what's involved in buying a business and see if it's for you
Evaluate your risk tolerance and identify businesses worth buying
Negotiating a great deal and managing a seamless handover
Making changes to your new business —without making enemies

Buying a Business For Dummies is a great starting point for entrepreneurs interested in a lower-risk route to business ownership.

Buying a Business For Dummies Cheat Sheet

From searching for a business to buy, getting your finances in order to managing and marketing and everything in between, the world of small business can be both exciting and overwhelming. If you’re thinking about buying and running a business, check out the following list of tips to improve your chances of success.

About The Authors

Eric Tyson, MBA is a nationally-recognized personal finance counselor, writer, and best-selling author of Personal Finance For Dummies. Jim Schell is an accomplished serial entrepreneur, nonprofit founder, and executive. He spent twenty-five years as an entrepreneur and thirty years as a nonprofit founder and executive. Eric and Jim are co-authors of Small Business For Dummies.