Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

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You need to be willing to create a business plan and pitch it to banks or other potential investors. It’s meant to be the resource that I needed when I started, so I could skip the startup phase, gain confidence, and move right into ownership of a profitable company. It’s odd to me that despite the interest in entrepreneurship, we really haven’t engineered a better way to reach the end goal. It offers practical advice on how to identify, evaluate, and negotiate the purchase of a business, as well as tips for successfully growing and scaling the acquired company.

With jobs not being able to keep up with college graduate demand, entrepreneurship has never been more important. This involves learning the necessary ropes from the previous owner, attempting to maintain existing client relationships, and making strategic and operational changes to drive growth.

It goes through vetting different companies to but and how to actually execute the purchase the company. John Gillardi was the former director of product management for Microsoft Services and the CEO of our startup, ViewPoint. No recuerdo quién me recomendó el libro, solamente por la idea general que transmite la portada me interesó el tema y lo compré. The startup a few of us launched a business in grad school that did extremely well in business plan competitions, but floundered in legal hang-ups during our last semester.

The other is the proliferation of niche businesses on the internet which expands the number of small businesses that can operate profitably. In his book, Walker thoroughly explains every single step you need to consider when becoming an acquisition entrepreneur! Lesson learned: the kind of entrepreneurship I've most identified with and want to pursue wholeheartedly.As an entrepreneur myself who has built several businesses and experienced the pitfalls of building said businesses, this book is a sheer revelation! The strategy outlined is spot on and is the type of advice I personally have given dozens of people over the years. The initial part of the book examines the financial realities of entrepreneurship, cautioning that the majority of businesses fail, while also emphasizing the benefits of successful entrepreneurship—like wealth generation and increased control over one's work-life balance. baby boomers are retiring daily, and many of them have small businesses that need a new owner, and have growth potential.