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How to Buy & Value a Business

A comprehensive Guide by Mike Hindle

CONTENTS:

Author's Comments

Part 1

1. Introduction

2. Advantages of buying as opposed to starting your own concern

3. Most commonly found disadvantages

4. Where do I start

5. What can I expect to pay

6. Where to start looking

7. Advisors - Acquisition Team

8. Business Broker - Friend of Foe

9. Understanding a business broker's problems

10. How to turn a broker into a bloodhound

Part 2

1. Buyer's checklist preliminary

2. In-depth checklist

3. Insolvency Act

4. Appraisal

5. Financing the business

6. Other ways to raise finance

7. Setting a value

8. Factors to consider

Part 3

1. Valuation Methods

2. The Secret

3. Conclusion

4. Annexure 1

5. Annexure 2

Special thanks to Mike Hindle and Lorraine Ross of Aldes Business Brokers for their kind permission to republish this guide.

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