BIZ-OPS - Starting, Buying & Selling Businesses

AN EXPERT'S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE.
Each chapter in BIZ-OPS provides the would-be business owner with Anuts-and-bolts@ for success in ANY business, and in ANY economy. But also detailed are the requirements for specific businesses. So whether the reader is contemplating Astarting from scratch, or buying or selling an existing small, heavily financed mom and pop business, or wants to know wha's involved in moving up to purchasing a national name brand gas station with "mini-market" and land, or even an entire shopping mall, BIZ-OPS is one stop shopping for the entrepeneur.

CONTENTS-

FOREWORD
PREFACE

PART I - CONVERTING PLAN TO ACTION
Chapter 1: FORMULATING THE PLAN - 7
Chapter 2: TARGETING THE BUSINESS - 9
Chapter 3: CREATING AN ACQUISITION STRATEGY - 10
Chapter 4: SELLER'S PROFILES - 27
Chapter 5: ADAPTING YOUR PROFILE TO THE SELLER'S NEEDS - 33
Chapter 6: THE IMPORTANCE OF DUE DILIGENCE - 37

PART II - INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS SELECTION
Chapter 7: SELECTING THE BUSINESS - 45
Chapter 8: BUYING THE BUSINESS ONLY - 53
Chapter 9: BUYING THE BUSINESS WITH REAL ESTATE - 59
Chapter 10: ANALYZING A SERVICE BUSINESS - 65
Chapter 11: ANALYZING A RETAIL BUSINESS - 73
Chapter 12: ANALYZING A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS - 79
Chapter 13: AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESSES - A SPECIAL BREED - 87
Chapter 14: FROM DUE DILIGENCE TO CLOSING - 91
Chapter 15: MAKING THE GRADE - THE CRITICAL FIRST SIX MONTHS - 97

WEBSITES USEFUL TO BUSINESSES - 105
BIBLIOGRAPHY - 107
INDEX - 109
ABOUT THE AUTHOR - 112