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		<title>How hard is it to let go of the business you built?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are an entrepreneur and built up a business.  You are getting older and you have a choice, you can give/sell the business to your kids or you can sell the business to a third party.  Is that an easy thing to do?
 
Many people who have built up a business find it hard to let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the oil spill in the Gulf affect the sale of your business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is currently monitoring the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but does anyone realize the economic implications of the oil spill outside the areas near the oil spill?  It will affect more than just the businesses in the Gulf.  How will affect you, will it cause your earnings to drop, if so, do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is now a good time to sell a business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The business climate has made the last twelve months difficult but you have survived but do not know what the future will hold.  Do you sell you business today or do you wait?  What are you waiting for, better times, several years of good earnings? Remember, many people like to look at three years financial statements.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When you sell your business what should you not do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you decide to retire or move on and sell your business, you should follow some very simple rules

do not advertise your company for sale &#8211; for example, do not let your competitors know your business is for sale.  They will use this to their advantage to tell your customers that you are going out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling a business &#8211; does size matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are selling your business you need to determine who will be a potential buyer.  If your business is too small, large companies will not be interested in your business.  If you are too large for the small investor and too small for the large investor, who will buy your business?  The larger the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning to selling a business &#8211; do you expand the business, keep the status quo or shrink the business before you retire?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/sell_business/planning-to-selling-a-business-do-you-expand-the-business-keep-the-status-quo-or-shrink-the-business-before-you-retire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are planning your retirement and you have no succession plan.  As a result, you need to sell your business.  The question is when do you sell your business?  Are you planning in advance for example, do you want to retire in 1, 2 or 5 years?  If you are thinking about the future, what do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When do you sell your business and retire?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling your business and retiring is a hard decision to make.  If an entrepreneur sells a business, he/she will start another or buy another business for sale, maybe not immediately, but they will not stop.  Entrepreneurs can slow down but I have never seen one stop totally, some may take one, two or three years off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses for sale, why do people sell a business in poor times?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy has changes, business was booming a year ago but last fall, everything changed, the economy slowed down, customers went bankrupt and consumers stopped buying.  The profitability of your company is marginal and many companies are struggling.  Some may be losing money but still have large debt repayment obligations such as loan, mortgage or lease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to sell your business quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have an unrealistic opinion of what their business is worth.  They know how much they need to live on for the rest of their life and they believe that their business should be worth what they need to live on.  Unfortunately the two are unrelated to each other, what you need to live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is EBITDA, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization important?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you borrowed money from a bank and have covenants, you are aware that the financial institutions look at your cashflow of the business often called EBITDA, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.  This determines the amount of cashflow that you have to finance your existing loans and leases.  When you are selling the [...]]]></description>
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