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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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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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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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Hands off or Hands On- What Type of Business Owner Are You?

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What kind of business owner do you consider yourself-  Are you a Hands on Business Owner or do you consider yourself more of a big picture operator that consistently effort yourself to avoid the minutia of the business.  I think the majority of us are a hybrid of these 2 approaches.
When running a [...]

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Business Ethics – Overrated or Underrated?

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Ethical behavior, quality character, honesty, moral integrity – how does one in business view these human attributes?  I tend to view them as a given with the people I interact in both the business world and in my personal life as well.  I expect the best from people yet keep my eyes open [...]

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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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“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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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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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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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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“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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Due Diligence – How’s that Going to Make Me any Money?

“Make sure you perform your due diligence.” A simple statement that can have tremendously far reaching consequences. I work with people interested in buying a business or selling a business, and this statement can almost appears like “boiler plate” language and get glossed over by the parties involved. What does due diligence have to do [...]

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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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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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Competitors – Rotten SOB’s or Valuable Strategic Alliance?

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Competitors – Friend or Foe ?
Competitors can simply be defined as
“one selling or buying goods or services in the same market as another”
… per Merriam Dictionary
or “those rotten SOB’s that undercut my pricing, run their business without any regards for proper business ethics, and generally derate our entire industry”
… per an upset business [...]

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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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