Buying a Business

• Steps in Buying and Negotiating a Business Purchase. Don't want to start from scratch? Here are guidelines to help you when you buy an existing business.
• Determining the Price of a Business. Buying a business is the quickest and fastest route to entrepreneurship. Learn some of the common methods of computing the value of a business.
• 10 Do's and Don'ts in Buying a Business. Buying a business can be an extremely frustrating exercise. It is important that you plan and implement each and every step in sequence.
• The Basics For Buying (Or Selling) A Business. The purchase and sale of a business will usually fall in to one of three categories. Learn the pros and cons for each type of transaction.
• Creative Ways to Finance a Business Purchase. Learn the creative ways you can raise the necessary capital required to complete the business purchase

Selling a Business

• 20 Questions to Ask When Selling Your Business (Part 2). Selling a business is not easy, and you need a lot of preparation and assistance to help you navigate this complicated process. If you plan on selling your business, here are some questions you need to ask yourself.
• Selling Your Small Business. Read these tips to guide you in selling your business
• How To Use Small Business Value As The Ultimate Performance Indicator. Business performance measurement and management promote the use of carefully selected key performance indicators to evaluate the performance of a company, its management and employees.
• How To Find The Right Professional To Value Your Business
  At some point most business owners will need to find out how much their business is worth. They will be faced with the task of finding someone to perform a business appraisal or valuation.
• The Informative Seller: What your Buyers Need to Know. There is more to selling a business than just propping up a for sale sign and waiting for the offers to roll in. You must collect a vast amount of data and make it available to buyers.
• Resources to Help Sell Your Business. If you are planning to sell your business, one of the key questions you'll ask is: "How do I find buyers?"
• Selling Out Your Home Business To optimize your success in selling your business, it is important that you plan ahead.
• Closing a Business: What You Need to Do, Here's a checklist of things to do when closing a business