When you buy an existing business, you can save yourself a serious amount of time and money — your startup costs are all rolled into a massive bundle, and once the transaction is complete, you can hit the ground running. Still, buying a business is a commitment that doesn’t just change your career, but changes […]
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A reader wrote: How do I find the business opportunity that’s right for me? Unfortunately, not all business opportunities were created equal. Some businesses opportunities are better than others and you may be better suited for one, more than the rest. How do you decide which business opportunity is right for you? Ask yourself these
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Watching fellow college students working for $7.50 an hour after graduation, Tana Walther, a fashion-design major at Kent State University in Ohio, snapped up an alternative offered by her father–to run a Pita Pit restaurant franchise he would buy. “I guess I bought her a job,” says her father, Jan Walther, of North Canton, Ohio.
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According to news reports, Vatornews reports Google has bought Groupon for $2.5 billion citing a “reliable source” familiar with the situation. The acquisition — which is unconfirmed at this point — follows the rumors about Google being in talks to buy the popular local deals site, after Yahoo had failed to negotiate an acquisition for
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“Ask the Attorney” is a weekly VentureBeat feature and this week has some quick tips in connection with selling a venture: Be Careful with Private Equity Buyers. Private equity firms are in the business of buying and selling companies. Accordingly, they are extremely sophisticated and savvy and are often represented by large, aggressive law firms.
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photo credit: jorbasa Have you been thinking about starting your own first small business? Then I’m sure you have realized that there are many aspects, rules, thoughts, and avenues to go down where owning a small business is concerned. There is a lot of information that gets thrown at you from all different directions and
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MakeUseOf.com: Flippa is a web service that acts as an online marketplace for buying and selling entire websites. The site is not new, it is actually redesigned and renamed version of a well known website auction section on a SitePoint.com. You have to be registered before you can buy or sell websites. While buying, searching
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 photo credit: powerbooktrance Anyone contemplating taking on a franchise business should know all there is to know about that company, their customer base, revenue, expenses and most importantly their franchise marketing system. Below are some helpful hints on how you can spot a great franchise marketing system before buying your franchise, located on Entrepreneur.com.
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photo credit: (le)doo [4 days off] BizBen Blog: “The Lease is your most valuable asset in a Coin Laundry. Remember, that all of the Plumbing fixtures, electrical service, the sewer and building fees, along with all of the physical surroundings of the laundry are totally dependent on the property and an asset for a limited
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