Category: Choosing A Business

This question was posed to me recently by a radio show host. It was interesting because he couldn’t get his arms around the idea that anyone would ever sell a good business. It’s probably why he will never own one.Kidding…

I just returned from a weekend in Orlando, Florida with my wife and youngest of our four children, our six-year old son Jake. He is a Sponge Bob Square Pants fanatic and he wanted to stay at the new Nick…

Being based in Florida, I get way too many calls from prospective 'business buyers' who have sold their businesses up north, they may be retired, and now they’ve settled down here. After a few months of playing golf, and being…

A good life-lesson was learned from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Leading up to the game, none of the talking heads (i.e. network analysts) would dare predict the NY Giants having much of a chance. The most risqué prediction was that the…

So, what did you do for your summer vacation? I rebuilt my business and learned an incredible amount in the process. Since launching our online publishing business in 2001, we have utilized a backend platform (what drives the website) that…

Prospective business buyers find it hard to believe that 90% of the people who begin the search to buy a business never complete a transaction. After all, you're probably very enthusiastic about buying a business, how could this zeal wane…

I've been in my own business for 17 years now and have never, ever regretted my decision to go on my own. Two weeks ago, I had another reminder why it's good to be the boss. My five-year old son…

Email has changed the world and how we communicate. It is without question, a tremendous tool. In the course of a typical day, I receive and send over 100 emails. I am not sure if this is a good thing.…

Do You Really NEED To Buy A Business? I'll bet that of the first one hundred people that answer "no", ninety-eight of them will never buy a business. Similarly, I will give odds that the other two, will definitely buy…

Each year I am amazed, but not at all surprised, how the entire category of entrepreneurship continues to grow. I was however stunned to learn that a number of business brokers reported a less than stellar year in 2006. In…