Business Plan RoadMap Step 69 Articles

Right Franchise Decision Can be a Stress Buster

Buying the right franchise can take some of the guess and stress out of starting a business, particularly for newbies. A reputable franchisor will engage you in a rigorous screening process before authorizing you to buy the franchise. If you and the franchisor emerge from the courting period still enamoured with each other, you might combine strengths to move forward together in confidence. If you do manage to land that great franchise, there are some significant advantages over starting your business scratch. Read the full article.

Thinking of Buying a Business? Buyer Beware!

For some reason, many people seem to want to spend too much money to purchase existing businesses. This is confusing, until you realize that buyers are trying to purchase solutions to a number of problems. Prospective buyers see an operating business and tend to think that they can simply buy it and it will continue to operate as it does under the ownership of the seller. As a buyer, you might imagine the business will allow you to be your own boss, pay you a great salary, raise your self-esteem, afford you an attractive lifestyle and eventually make you rich. If this is to be your destiny, you’ve got some serious homework to do… before signing away your hard-earned equity. Read the full article.

Buying a Business? Sharpen Your Pencil

You might hope that buying a business will fast-track you into being your own boss, ease you into an attractive lifestyle and maybe even make you some money. If your destiny is to be so rosy, you’ve got some homework to do before signing away your hard-earned equity. Read the full article.

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