Everything partners need to create a "business prenup" that will protect a business if someone leaves. If you're like many entrepreneurs, being in business means working with one or more co-owners. But what will happen to your company if a co-owner: wants out of the business wants to retire goes through personal bankruptcy wants to sell his shares to someone else goes through a divorce or passes away? Business Buyout Agreements walks you through the creation of a legal contract -- a sort of "premarital agreement" for your business -- that protects everyone's interests.This document will help ensure a smooth transition following someone's departure. Clarify: when co-owners can sell their interest the circumstances when someone must sell who can buy into the business what price will be paid Business Buyout Agreements is updated with the latest laws, and includes a complete business buyout agreement on CD-ROM.

Not just a book, but the valuable help you need. This is the handbook, the manual, and the textbook all in one volume. Learn to calculate and understand the value of any business. Improve your negotiating skills and save money using new tips, techniques, and strategies. Improve your decision-making skills through professional coaching and secrets revealed through the many "streetsmarts" included throughout the book. Professional guidance, help and hints seasoned with years of experience. Glossary, index, and list of resources included. This is Mr. Tuttle's seminar-in-a-book!

Business school teaches you business theories. Your mother lends you family advice. But, who can give you the real scoop on mixing business and family? A family-business veteran, of course, who has lived through the agony of firing a loved one, the misgivings of family-business succession, the uncertainty of hiring a son-in-law . . . and still believes in family business. Author Larry Hollar has worked in his family's business since the age of five, from taking out the trash to international sales at the decades-old seed company. Since taking over the reins at his family business, Hollar has simultaneously studied the science of family business management. In Keep Your Business Close and Your Family Closer, Hollar weaves stories of international business success with hard-earned advice. From grandpa's tried-and-true truisms to academic theories, this book offers something for everyone in the business -- from mail room to board room. While examining the plus-sides of doing business with your family, this down-to-earth book is also a personal tale of growing up in rural America, traveling the world and succeeding at growth.

A complete how-to guide to a 100 0.000000inanced business… How to Buy a Great Business with no Cash Down Bestselling author Dr. Arnold Goldstein has successfully purchased 12 companies—including retail stores to printing plants—and he did it without investing any money of his own! Using his proven formula for success, he also has guided hundreds of other enterprising but financially limited people into their own 100 0.000000e+00veraged businesses. Now, the master of the "No Cash Down" takeover is ready to help you too. In this important new book, he reveals all his secrets, including how to successfully find, qualify, evaluate, structure, finance, negotiate, and take over any type or size business…using little or no cash of your own. In How to Buy a Great Business With No Cash Down, you’llGet over 50 proven "no cash down" techniques, strategies, and formulas that insure success through each phase of the buy-sell processDiscover how to prospect the very best no-cash dealsLearn how to avoid costly errors and common pitfallsFind out how to calculate what a business is worthGet all the same handy checklists, forms, and sample agreements the author usesLearn how to attract the right investment partnersDiscover how to negotiate a winning deal…each and every time!Find out how to quickly sell the business for an unbelievable profit

You don't need a lot of your own money to buy a good business! If you are interested in having your own business and want to learn the best way to buy one without using your own money for the down-payment ... this book is for you! Buying a good business that pays for itself while it pays you as well, is one of the quickest ways to build financial security and wealth. If you used what you learn in this book and bought just one good solid, established business that pays you $100,000 to $200,000 or more a year ... would that make a significant impact in your life?

This is a step-by-step guide on how to buy any business for yourself, or with your co-workers. Any size of business can be acquired by following the step-by-step guide outlined in the book, by the principals of STERLING COOPER, INC., a consulting firm ( www.sterlingcooper.us ) who have participated in thousands of acquisitions, valuations, appraisals and financings. The book concentrates on the principle of structuring a LEVERAGED BUYOUT (LBO) for the prospective acquisition and guides the reader to a means of accomplishing the purchase in easy to understand, straight forward terminology, with a daily suggested step-by-step program. This is a great handbook for anyone looking to buy a business. The reader may also contact the author directly for help and assistance.

This book provides a road map of suggestions, insights and techniques for both buyers and sellers. It covers the entire selling process step-by-step—from making the decision of when to sell or buy, through determining how to market the company, to understanding the various legal & financial documents involved in a sale, and on to closing the deal and handling the transition afterwards. This book is geared toward the novice entrepreneur who wants to buy or sell a small business. Topics covered include: finding and evaluating a business to buy and/or sell, how to value a business, raising the necessary capital, evaluating a business financial condition using discounted cash flow, excess earnings, asset value, and income capitalization,brokers, leveraged buyouts, letters of intent, legal and tax concerns and contracts.

Geared to sophisticated entrepreneur who wants to build a career or wealth by owning their own small business, this book tells exactly how to purchase at the right time and for the right price. It shows how things work in the active small business marketplace, covering in detail such subjects as: finding and evaluating candidates for acquisition; financing, negotiating and structuring the deal; dealing with legal and tax implications; handling post-acquisition management issues; and determining the current and fair value.