If you are considering business ownership there are three options available to you. Start your own business from scratch, buy an existing business or buy the rights to a franchise in your local market. This 144 page guide is for those who are considering buying a franchise. The processes can be very confusing and demanding trying to work out the many variables such as which franchise to buy, what franchises are available, what is the initial cost, how much are the royalties and any other ongoing costs and which legal entity to use. It also looks at getting a loan, what the franchisor provides, your role, how much and what sort of support you get. This guide covers all these questions and many more. If you are serious about buying a franchise this guide will walk you through the steps and provide the answers for you from the initial steps to opening the doors of your business while answering all your questions so you do things from a position of strength.

Thinking about selling your business? This 146 page comprehensive workbook helps you understand the many complexities and decisions to ultimately sell your business. Written by a professional business broker with many years of real world business experience, this guide shows you how to sell your business in the shortest possible time for the best possible price. It includes reasons why you need to plan ahead for taxes, how to avoid potential legal, accounting, and other roadblocks, how to value your business and other assets, the different types of professionals available and how to research and properly prepare for selling. Also includes how to search for and qualify potential buyers, address finance concerns, protect you and your business with confidentiality agreements, prepare an executive summary, confidential business review and conduct effective negotiations. Also includes dozens of worksheets, checklists, and charts for you to track during the steps of selling.

If you've always thought you would like to own and operate your own business but were never sure where to start, this is the guide for you. This 174 page workbook starts by asking the question if business ownership is for you. It then explains the options available to you and then takes you through, in detail, a step by step process to determining what sort of business you can buy, what you will need to buy a business, and, how to evaluate a business for sale. It also includes the steps to prepare for business ownership with your legal entity, understanding business licenses and permits, how to obtain finance to buy a business, accounting processes and terms, financial planning tools such as profit and loss projectors, sales forecasts, how to create business plans, sales and marketing plans. There are lots of checklists, resources, other planning sheets and tools so when you buy your business you are up and running as quickly as possible for maximum profit.

Are you considering business ownership and not sure where to start? If so, you have three options. Buy an existing business, buy the rights to a franchise or start your own business from scratch. This 182 page workbook includes how to decide which industry is right for you, how to create your legal entity, obtain business permits and licenses and business insurance. It also explains how to build your dream business using the solid foundations of a business plan, sales and marketing plan and productivity plan, all dovetailed with financial planning tools such as startup costs planners, profit and loss projectors, sales forecasts, break even analyses and more. It also includes finance options, checklists, resources, other planning sheets and tools to start your business as quickly as possible. Finally, this workbook shows how to do all this and more with the focus that a buyer may wish to buy your business and if so, what processes you would follow to sell for the highest price.