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Don’t Hop On A Plane Cold – Why Smart Business Buyers Plan Ahead

  You’ve made the decision – you’re going to bite the bullet, buy a business and move to Florida. You buy plane tickets and head down, ready to drive around and scope out the local small business scene. When you get to town, you try calling brokers to have someone drive

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Walk Before You Run: Why New Owners Should Take It Slow

  When you buy an existing business it comes with the seller’s personality, whether you like it or not. Their choices are everywhere – from the paint color on the walls to the employees they keep. It can be tempting to want to make your mark and change it into the

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Where You Can Find The Financing To Buy A Business (And Why It Won’t Come From Your Bank)

The entrepreneurial story we tell ourselves is full of flaws. You can’t come up with an idea in your garage or spy a cute coffee shop for sale downtown and simply waltz into your bank for a small business loan to cover the entire cost. It’s just not how it

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