HBR guide to buying a small business

Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: You can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards--as well as personal and profe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ruback, Richard S., 1954- autor (autor), Yudkoff, Royce, autor
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press 2017
Series:Harvard Business Review guides
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Table of Contents:
  • The opportunity : entrepreneurship through acquisition
  • Is entrepreneurship through acquisition for you?
  • The acquisition process
  • Anticipating the cost of your search
  • Paying for your search
  • Identifying the characteristics you want in your business
  • Managing your search effectively : an overview
  • Sourcing prospects using brokers
  • Sourcing directly
  • Enduringly profitable small businesses
  • Using financial information to gauge enduring profitability
  • Filtering for the owner's commitment to sell
  • Preliminary due diligence
  • How much should you pay for a small business?
  • Deal terms
  • The offer
  • Confirmatory due diligence
  • Raising debt
  • Raising acquisition equity
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • The closing day and beyond.