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		<title>Is this a good year to sell your business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some businesses are doing very well this year, others are not doing so well.  Is this a good year to sell or should you wait another year?
 
There are many reasons for selling a business, health, retirement, marriage breakups etc.  Sometimes you can delay the timing of your retirement but health, finances or marriage split up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is selling a business in the summer a good time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is fast approaching and everyone is starting to plan their holidays.  You want to sell your business but is this a good time of year?
 
The sale of a business is a time consuming task.  The sale of a business often takes over six months to complete.  In the summer months, the process of buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will higher interest rates in Canada affect the sale of your business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rates just increased in Canada by .25%.  May not seem like a lot a large increase but the effect of the increase could affect a number of items.  If interest rates keep rising I believe that there will definitely be an impact on the sale of your business but not in the way that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you sell your business quickly if you believe that you may be impacted by the BP oil leak?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 16:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has been hearing that the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is huge and could take several months to be plugged.  Hurricane season is officially about to start.  What happens if there is a major storm?  No only will that affect the shoreline, any storm surge could carry oil inland.  I am not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the buyer of your business have the finances in place to close the purchase?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a person is looking to buy a business, you assume that the purchaser has money to close the sale of the business.  You assume that the purchaser has researched the type of financing that is available for himself before looking for a business.  Is this a correct assumption?  When you are selling your house, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What price of a business is easiest to sell?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the easiest size of business to sell ?  When you sell your house, depending on the city and the price of the house that you live in, you can sell it in a day or in a year.  When you sell a business, it is rare that you would sell your business in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling costs to increase profits before selling your business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal of many business owners is to maximize profits which can be done by increasing prices or decreasing costs.  Many companies have tried to do both but concentrate on minimizing prices.  First they reduce staff levels or they may automate and change the manufacturing process to achieve efficiencies.  Others have outsourced manufacturing to foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you need to think about before listings your business for sale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking about selling your business, you need to get things prepared in advance.  What should you do to prepare?  When you are selling your house, many people are staging their house to make it look good and for potential buyers to see the house without being distracted by items which are personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is normalized income so important when selling a business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you sell a business, everyone wants to know how much money does it make?  Although that may seem like a very straight forward question, the answer is not that straight forward.  Private business owners typically put in many personal expenses through their business, they may income split with family members, they may put a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling a business, are your expectations realistic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 16:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever anyone wants to sell an asset, a house, a car, a business, they want as much money as possible.  Many business owners also want what they need to retire on when thy sell their business or what they can boast to their friends that they got for selling the business but is this realistic?  [...]]]></description>
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