Types of Buyers




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Environmental Consulting

Contractors, consultants, and quality managers, come on over: this industry is thriving.  Read more

Fun, Games, and Hobbies

Stores that sell crafts, hobby goods, and musical instruments have been performing better than the retail industry as a whole.  Read more

Handmade and Vintage Good Sales Online

Get a PayPal account and set up your own virtual storefront.  Read more

Medicinal Marijuana Retailing

Cannabis's cultural capital is rising - and so is dispensary revenue.  Read more

Tea and Healthy Beverages

Health-savvy boomers are giving the tea industry a boost.  Read more

Self-Storage Leasing

The subprime mortgage crisis wasn't so hard on the storage business.  Read more

Blood, Plasma, and Sperm Banks

The barriers to entering the ambulatory health services industry are lower than you would think.  Read more

Ask Norm

How do you know when it's time to sell -- and other questions from our columnist's readers  Read more

Meet the Buyers

Sellers of businesses are more or less the same: They're all looking for the best price they can get. Buyers are a little trickier to figure out.  Read more

Reverse Auctions: A Supplier's Survival Guide [Audio] 

Shouting matches. Heavy perspiration. Tequila shots. Is this the future of sales? Staff writer Max Chafkin explains.   Watch video

Tom Stemberg on Selling a Small Business

Tom Stemberg is founder and former CEO of Staples and venture partner at Highland Capital Partners in Lexington, Mass.  Read more

What's Your Business Really Worth?

Before you try to sell, make sure you know what buyers want.  Read more

Selling Smart When Selling Off

There's a right way and a wrong way to sell your business ? and it has a lot to do with emotion. Five counterintuitive ideas will turn up the heat without ra...  Read more