HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Royce Yudkoff
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Royce Yudkoff
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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company

Author: Royce Yudkoff, Richard S. Ruback

Series: HBR Guide

Narrator: Brian Holsopple

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/02/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Think big, buy small.

Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: You can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a firm means you can be your own boss, put your executive skills to work, fashion a company environment that meets your own needs, and profit directly from your success.

But finding the right business to buy and closing the deal isn't always easy. In the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Harvard Business School professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff help you determine if this path is right for you; raise capital for your acquisition; find and evaluate the right prospects; avoid the pitfalls that could derail your search; understand why a "dull" business might be the best investment; negotiate a potential deal with the seller; and avoid deals that fall through at the last minute.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joel on January 02, 2018

I heard the authors being interviewed and thought they had some good perspective on business, so I ordered their book. I wasn't expecting much. After all, I have built, bought and sold a number of businesses over the past 20 years, and have read plenty of garbage from people who either don't know the......more

Goodreads review by Nick on June 27, 2017

A solid, yet detail-sparse overview on purchasing a small company. The authors provide a high-level timeline and overview of the search, diligence, and acquisition phases, highlighting important and not-so-obvious considerations at each step. The book is a helpful, perhaps necessary, read for anyone......more

Goodreads review by Peter on September 06, 2019

More of a textbook than a book book, but it’s an exhaustive, EXTREMELY helpful guide to a potential small business buyer. Highly recommend, it got my brain churning!......more

Goodreads review by Adolph on May 08, 2017

Packed full of practical advice. This book completely fulfills the promise made in its title. It offers a step by step guide, filled with practical advice, to buying a small company. It's not all just practical though, it offers clear guidelines, pinned on theory, on selecting the right company to b......more

Goodreads review by cristobal barros on August 25, 2022

Excelente guia para comprar un negocio pequeño. Muy interesante la componente estratégica del tipo de negocio a comprar. Buscar negocios duraderos, rentables y estables, que sean fomes. Para lo cual es escencial el nivel de recurrenciade comora de sus clientes. ————— * P46. Search of small business. B......more