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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Small Business Struggles and Testing Markets

How to tell if a business is struggling AND how to test if there is a market for a business.

This week I answer two questions from Eric:

Can you tell if a business is having trouble just from a visit?

How can you test the market for a business?

I explain one of the signs I look for in a business that shows they’re short of cash.

The answer to the second is to make a sale before you invest in anything else.

Watch as I share some insights from my experience: https://youtu.be/-QQyx_F4RTg

Learn how to buy a successful business at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com

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See more on the struggles small businesses face here: https://www.companydebt.com/biggest-struggles-for-small-business-owners/

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Business and Asset Values: How Owners, Buyers, Sellers, Lenders, and Advisors Should Think About Sma

What makes a business valuable? Why can a profitable company still be difficult to sell? Why can old machinery be worth more than its accounting value? Why does one business have substantial goodwill while another depends almost entirely on its physical assets? Business and Asset Values explains how value actually works inside privately held businesses. Written for business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, buyers, sellers, lenders, accountants, lawyers, advisors, and appraisers, this practical guide explores the forces that cause value to grow, weaken, transfer, or disappear. Drawing on years of experience in small-business transactions, financing, valuation, and machinery and equipment appraisal, David C. Barnett shows why value is never just a number. It is the result of cash flow, risk, market demand, asset quality, transferability, financing conditions, and the expectations of real buyers and sellers.

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