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Are Todays Job Seekers Tomorrows Business Buyers

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In Business Acquisition and Sales  the “pool” of  most future business buyers are currently employed by someone else right now.  The same applies for future Entrepreneurs.   But what about those currently unemployed?
The job market seems to have an abundance of very qualified people chasing a very limited number of jobs.  The number [...]

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What Does it Really Feel Like to Sell Your Business

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You are thinking about selling your business. You may have uncertainty, angst, worries, trepidation, fear, unknowns, and sleeplessness nights.  I believe you are not alone. My approach as a business broker in Florida is from a perspective of a former long term business owner.   I truly feel some of the feelings I [...]

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Business for Sale-Who, How Many, How Much?

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 I am a business broker based in Florida, and  also a member of an Association called  the Business Brokers of Florida.  The Business Broker of Florida  Association (BBF) is the largest state business broker association in the country and the second largest association of business brokers in the world.   The activity within this association [...]

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Selling My Business – How Much is my Business Worth

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Selling My Business How Much is my Business Worth.  Almost all businesses are for sale to some degree. Lets say your business is not For Sale. Assume  Your business is worth $100,000.  You love what you are doing, someone contacts you with an offer to buy your business for $500,000.  Is your business [...]

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Can a Goat Herder Teach Banks How to Loan to Small Business

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Small businesses and entrepreneurs need to be able to get loans from banks to grow and or expand their businesses.  Entrepreneurs and small businesses go to banks to get loans to make capital improvements, large  purchases,   buy a business, and generally expand their business.  Basically small business have financing needs that go beyond [...]

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Starting Buying Selling a Business What Are They Thinking?

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Want to start a business?  Want to Buy a Business?  Want to Sell your business?  These interest are very different but there is one common element among these significant business decisions.  Money- .  While working with business owners and individuals with the process of buying and selling businesses, I consistently come across a [...]

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Business Succession

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Last week I was asked to speak at a small business seminar on business succession as it relates to selling a business here in Florida.  Succession planning in general  is the process of preparing to hand over control of the business to others. Very often family may be part of succession planning and [...]

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Selling With Your Ears -8 Steps to Improving Sales

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“Nothing happens in this business until somebody sells something.”
Are you a salesperson?  If you are in a small business or a startup I would be stunned if you said no.   I have  been with several companies throughout my business career, small, medium, and a large Fortune 100 company, some as an employee [...]

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“Earn $10,000 per Month Working just 2 Hours per Day!? “

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“Earn $10,000 Per Month Working just 2 Hours per Week”… “Lose 10 pounds per day by just Sitting on Your Sofa”… “Take this Pill and all Women will Love You”…
Eye catching titles intending to entice one to [...]

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Starting a Business in a Recession

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Some business owners and Entrepreneurs are good planners.  Some are not.  Some consider themselves “do’ers” that they are very good at doing what they do and really don’t have the time to plan for next year or the year after, or for [...]

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More than One Reason to Start or Buy a Business

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How many times do you go to a cocktail party or just hang out with friends and hear things such as “I got this great idea for this new business”, or “Ive got this great idea for this [...]

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I Want to Buy a Business… I Think

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Starting a business is an exciting and potentially rewarding venture. Buying a business can also be an exciting and rewarding venture. If one wants to be an Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner what route does one take?. Is it best [...]

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Florida Business For sale Buying a Florida Business

Below please find reason to visit www.sellabusinessflorida.com when pursuing the acquisition or Sale of a Florida Business
Reasons to visit www.sellabusinessflorida.com
1) If you are looking for a business broker or more specifically if you are seeking a business broker in south florida, or a SWFL business broker, or are seeking a business broker in fort myers [...]

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3 Small Business Owner Concepts that Sound Unusual.

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My business runs better without me
I’m selling my business after 20 years time to take it easy? No, its time to work hard
When Negotiating- Those who want it less - Wins?

My focus is working with business owners and individuals with the [...]

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A Day at Entrepreneurs Law School

Sometimes it may be easy to recognize what a successful person looks like because of the fancy car, expensive clothes or the big house or houses.  But, what does a future Successful person look like? 
Last weekend I was asked to speak at the Entrepreneur Law School at Florida Gulf Coast University .  I spoke along with [...]

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Small Business Owner/Entrepreneur Experts Wanted

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What is an expert? Are you an expert? Do you call yourself an expert? Do your customers refer to you as an expert? Undoubtedly, it provides value to be viewed as an expert in a certain field or line of work. Is aspiring to attain such status a worthy goal, or is attaining [...]

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Is Selling My Business the End Game ?

The End Game
In the business world, your professional career, your job, what is your end game? Do you have a goal to “be done by the time I turn___ years old”? What is your goal? Starting a business and selling it for a very comfortable profit- is that your goal? Climbing the corporate ladder to [...]

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Profits are Up 90% – Sell My Business?

I contribute a weekly blog post for a website called Noobpreneur that reaches and provides valuable information to entrepreneurs. New entrepreneurs or “newbies” are the focus. My current business activities focus on the buying and selling of businesses. Most /many “new” entrepreneurs are in the exploration, startup or newly started stage of their business venture.
Where [...]

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“I have Not Failed I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” – Thomas Edison

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I live near Fort Myers Florida – Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had vacation homes right next to each other here in Fort Myers Florida.

Many stories and quotes are attributed to these successful men. The above quote – “I have not failed. Ive found 10,000 ways that wont work” – To me addresses [...]

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Free AK-47 with Purchase

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What would you do to get a new customer or some more business?   While vacationing with my family in South Carolina, I drove by this sign that stated “FREE AK-47 WITH PURCHASE”.
I kind of view it as an interesting marketing effort. It certainly [...]

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Starting a Business or Buying Business with Family or Friend – STOP

What is the 1st step one must take when thinking about buying a business or going into business with family or friends? STOP – and allow yourself careful consideration.
I think the concept of going into business with a life long friend, or a good buddy from college, or your brother, dad, sister is a fairly [...]

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Buying an Existing Business vs. Starting my Own Business

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You are an entrepreneur or small business owner or aspiring small business owner and you want a new venture. Do you buy an existing business? Do you start your own business?
Buying an existing business can be safer than starting [...]

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Small Business Owners (Most All) Affected by Real Estate Downturn

The real estate downturn is affecting most all business owners.
The real estate downturn is far reaching. Very often we hear about the impact on Realtors, construction trades, mortgage companies etc… But what about the small business owner that is a Printer, a Restaurateur, or growing Web-Based company. Most all businesses are affected by the overall [...]

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Global Market – How the Typhoons in Manila affects my small business in Florida Today.

This Noobpreneur.com website “talks” about many subjects affecting entrepreneurs and small business owners. Franchising, freelancers, marketing, global economy, how to do businesses up and down our own street and how to do business around the world. Ivan ( the owner of this website) has written many post that parallel my interest and efforts as a [...]

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Success is a Journey, Not a Destination

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Success is a Journey – Not a destination.
A well repeated phrase that ones reads, nods in approval and then moves on to other matters. But what does it really mean? Taking a moment to interpret the meaning can provide a strong [...]

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Start or Buy a Green Business: Measure Twice – Cut Once

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I believe  a disconnect exist between all the news media exposure regarding the “green movement”, “green jobs”  and the actual mindset of most small business owners and entrepreneurs.   It is no doubt that “green” has become one of the more reported on phenomenon over the last couple of years.  The  US election had strong [...]

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Failure to Plan is Like Planning to Fail when Selling your Business

When should one begin the planning for the sale of your business?
It has been said that that thought process should begin when you start your business. So Entrepreneurs, while in the initial throes and excitement of the planning stages of starting a new venture, it is also appropriate to broach the subject of exit strategy. [...]

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How Much? – when buying or selling a business

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You buy products or services and one of the first thoughts you have is – How Much?  You sell products or services to customers and one of the first thing a customer wants to know is- How Much? Somebody looks at buying a business and again needs to know – How Much?  And [...]

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Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Dreamer? What is your Status?

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2010 is approaching.  In our professional and personal world we use this time of year to think/plan ahead on where or what we may want to accomplish in the upcoming year.  The first part of trying to figure out [...]

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Need a Job? Buy a Job – Buy a Business

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Consider the various routes successful entrepreneurs business owners take when building a successful operation.  It is important to consider that the path taken is varied, and success need not necessarily follow one specific path.  Bill Gates did not [...]

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