HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
by Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Harvard's course on search funds and small acquisitions: finding, evaluating, financing, closing, running. Rigorous and realistic.
Read it if…
you want the MBA version of buying a business.
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Skip it if…
you want a narrative; see Buy Then Build.
Try instead: Managing for Results →
Three things you will actually use
- Look for enduring profitability.
- Diligence everything.
- Plan the first year.
Do this first
Read the chapter on enduringly profitable businesses.
Our verdict
Buying small, rigorously.
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