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How to Buy a Business Course

How to Buy a Business

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Check out the a listing of government grants and how you can apply for them. Be forewarned that there are no grants for for profit businesses unless it's a daycare and even then it is a minimal amount. If you need money, you will need to apply for a loan. No lender will talk to you unless you provide all of them with a valid business plan. Go to , or for sample business plans and instructions on how to write a business plan.

Then, go to and in the upper left hand corner, enter your zip code. On the next screen, you will get information on the nearest SCORE chapter. Call them and arrange for a free meeting with a SCORE counselor to review your business plan and discuss various loan options available to you.

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

SCORE has 389 chapters in locations throughout the United States and its territories, with 10,500 volunteers nationwide. Both working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors.

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How to Buy a Business With No Money Down

How to Buy a Business With No Money Down

If you're like me you have no doubt asked if it's true that you can buy a business with no money down. Now you can finally find out.

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How to Buy a Business

Fewer small businesses changing hands

One measure of the strength of the small-business environment is the number of enterprises that are bought and sold.

When times are hard, some owners might need to sell, even as potential purchasers stay away for fear that the market is too weak. This pushes down the value of many businesses that are up for sale, and it also reduces the number of businesses that change hands overall.

So far this year, 1,826 small and middle-sized businesses have changed hands in Los Angeles County, according to the website BizBen.com. That's down from the same period -- January through June -- last year. During that time, 2,033 businesses sold in the county.

Statewide, 6,481 businesses were sold during the first half of this year, down from 7,793 deals closed during the same period in 2009.

When the month of June is looked at individually, however, it is harder to note a trend. More deals closed in Los Angeles County last month than in June 2009, and sales are were also up statewide for the month. But in Orange County, fewer businesses changed hands this June than last.

"Monthly volume of transactions has been moving up and down since the mortgage meltdown in fall 2008," BizBen.com founder Peter Siegel said in a news release. "And that makes it practically impossible to identify a sustaining trend.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/07/fewer-small-businesses-changing-hands.html?goback=.gde_2272010_member_24406718

How to Buy a Business

The Golden rule of Buying Your First Business According to Everyone is

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How to Buy a Business: Barry Sternlicht.

How to Buy a Business: Hotels

One of my business heroes is Barry Sternlicht.

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How to Buy a Business Episode 1

Today my box from Amazon arrived full of books on how to buy a business. It will take a month to read them if I cut TV out completely. On my uncle's advice I am also looking at investing in some courses on how to buy a business.

This is gonna be great.