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		<title>Succession &#8211; easy or hard to plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eventually all of us get too old too work.  When is it time to retire and let the business change hands, either to a child, family member of third party buyer of a business.  Can you stay too long and if so, will this reduce the value of your business?
 
Some people refuse to consider retirement.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How hard is it to let go of the business you built?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/sell_business/how-hard-is-it-to-let-go-of-the-business-you-built/</link>
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		<title>Is this a good year to sell your business?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/selling-a-business/is-this-a-good-year-to-sell-your-business/</link>
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		<title>HST &#8211; will that affect the value of your business?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Ontario and British Columbia, HST will be implemented effective July 1.  Many different products will be more expensive now that they were in June prior to the implementation of the HST.  Will that affect the value of your business for sale?
 
The implementation of HST may cause your sales to decline because consumers have less [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buying-a-business/hst-will-that-affect-the-value-of-your-business/</link>
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		<title>How does divorce affect your business?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have been married for a long period of time and now you have decided with your partner/spouse to go your separate ways.  What happens to the business?  Will you be forced to sell the business to settle up with the partner?
 
If there is no prenuptial agreement, the assets of the spouses are generally split [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/divorce-how-if-affects-a-business/how-does-divorce-affect-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Is selling a business in the summer a good time?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/selling-a-business/is-selling-a-business-in-the-summer-a-good-time/</link>
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		<title>Will higher interest rates in Canada affect the sale of your business?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/selling-a-business/will-higher-interest-rates-in-canada-affect-the-sale-of-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Are people panic selling because they are worried how the oil spill in the Gulf will affect them?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BP oil spill has not been contained and oil could continue to leak for another few months.  If there is a tropical storm or hurricane and a storm surge brings the oil inland, what will that do for business or real estate?  Are people starting to panic?
 
Just spoke to a person who has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buying-a-business/are-people-panic-selling-because-they-are-worried-how-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-will-affect-them/</link>
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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>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/selling-a-business/do-you-sell-your-business-quickly-if-you-believe-that-you-may-be-impacted-by-the-bp-oil-leak/</link>
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		<title>Normalized earnings &#8211; are you considering everything in the calculation to buy a business?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Normalized earnings is the profit that would continue to the new owner after the old owner left the business.  In theory, it is the profit after the owner is paid a reasonable salary that would be earned after the business is sold.  What should be factored into this calculation?  There is no standard of what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buy_business/normalized-earnings-are-you-considering-everything-in-the-calculation-to-buy-a-business/</link>
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