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Today's Business Scene
The Newsletter for Privately Held Businesses
In This issue:- Why is your business valuable?
- Are your employees your future competition?
- Why Some Businesses Failed
Why is your business valuable?
Some business owners don’t realize that, in spite of all of the problems with their business, it still has value. Most business owners face constant problems in running their business, no matter how much time they put in; or how much money is invested; or how efficient they have made the business operations. It is, as they say, “the nature of the beast.”
Operating a business is not an easy job, so when it comes time to sell, business owners tend to look at only the negatives. “Who would want all of these headaches?” they ask themselves. However, by looking at the positives, especially from a buyer’s vantage point, a business owner can see the value he or she has really created. By purchasing an existing business, a buyer eliminates many of the problems encountered when starting one from scratch. As the media constantly point out, the failure rate in starting a new business is very high. Failure is reduced considerably when one buys an existing business. Here are just a few of the reasons: