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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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Don’t Communicate Without An Intermediary: Why You Should Keep Your Broker In The Middle

  If you’re in the middle of the process to buy or sell a business, it can be tempting to contact the other side without using your business broker.   Why?   Say you just have one simple question, and to get that question answered you would have to call your broker, your broker calls

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