Business for Sale: Not a Sure Thing
Thinking of selling your small business? Here are some marketplace realities that could trip you up. Read more
Buying a Small Business
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The 1999 Business Brokers' Dog List
An admittedly random sampling of the industries in which, brokers tell us, for-sale signs currently fail to attract much attention. Read more
What Do Buyers Really Want?
Pssst! It's all in the cash flow. Read more
Upstarts: The Russian Connection
Entrepreneurs who've emigrated from the former Soviet Union are shrewdly benefiting from the crumbling economy of that once-mighty empire. And they aren't th... Read more
Business for Sale: Packager and Distributor of Safe-Sex Products
An overview of a packager and distributor of safe-sex products offered for sale. Includes the price, how the business was valued, the outlook of future sales... Read more
How to Finance Anything
Here's how to find financing in today's unpredictable, often discouraging U.S. capital markets. Includes six case studies of companies that overcame failed a... Read more
TEC Survey Results: Business Valuations
When it comes to business valuations, many entrepreneurs prefer to just say no. Read more
Rodeo Event-Marketing Company
An overview of a rodeo-marketing company offered for sale. Includes the price, how the business was valued, the outlook of future sales, and the pros and con... Read more
Caveat Emptor
CEO Brodsky explains why it's riskier for a first-time entrepreneur to purchase an existing business than it is to build one from the ground up. Read more
Questions Would-be Founders Ask
In response to commonly asked questions by aspiring entrepreneurs, CEO Norm Brodsky lists the five most important questions to ask yourself before starting a... Read more
Buying Blind
CEO Norm Brodsky says you shouldn't buy a business merely out of hatred for your old job. You should make sure you fully understand what the business entails... Read more
FYI: Redesigning the CEO
Inc.'s editor looks at how companies use creativity as a competitive advantage; Britain's equivalent of the Inc. 500; and CEOs who've profited by selling and... Read more
Entrepreneurial Arbitrage
You can buy back your own company. Read more
The Automatic Daily Scorecard, Buying a Business or Franchise Article
A group of savvy Terminix franchises shares daily operational data and information with a computer-generated scorecard. Here's how. Read more
The American Dream
An overview of a Florida marketing-communications firm offered for sale, including the price, growth potential, and the pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Franchisees Thrive with Open-Book Management
Two Chick-fil-A owner-operators share tips for opening the books in a franchise. Read more
You Can Find Gold in This Garbage
An overview of a California recycling company offered for sale, including the price, expected profit margins, and the outlook on growth in the recycling indu... Read more
Dirt-Track Speedway Needs Tune-up
An overview of a red-clay racetrack offered for sale, including the price, an outlook on the racing industry, and a few suggestions for jump-starting the tra... Read more
Valuations 1997: What's Your Company Worth Now?
It could be time for a corporate valuation. A guide to when valuations are necessary and what to expect. Read more
Selling Out
Inc.'s finance editor examines what has happened to those businesses that are offered for sale at the end of each issue. Read more
Business for Sale: Southern Car Wash
An overview of a business offered for sale, complete with a price rationale as well as pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Business for Sale: Western Hot-Springs Resort
An overview of a business offered for sale including a price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Business for Sale: Chain of Cosmetology Schools
Overview of a business offered for sale, including the price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Business for Sale: Coastal North Carolina Blueberry Farm
A detailed look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Young M.B.A. Seeks Attractive Company
There is a new tool that M.B.A.s can use to find a company they can own: a search fund. Read more
