Buy Then Build
by Walker Deibel
Acquisition entrepreneurship: buy an existing small business with financing instead of starting from zero. Search, valuation, SBA loans, transition. The standard guide.
Read it if…
you want to own a business and have skills but no idea.
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Skip it if…
you want a startup.
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Three things you will actually use
- Buy cash flow.
- Finance with SBA leverage.
- Build on what exists.
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Read the chapters on search criteria and valuation.
Our verdict
Acquisition entrepreneurship.
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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
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Buying small, rigorously.
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