Business Buyer's Kit: Everything You Need to Know to Find, Buy, & Finance a Business for $500,000 or Less

by Michael Smorenburg

For anyone serious about buying an existing business, this book teaches everything they need to know about the acquisition process, saving them from potentially disastrous decisions, unscrupulous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564143430
• ISBN13: 9781564143433
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Be prepared! Know your facts!

This book is alarmingly well-organized, well-written and helpful. It's so thorough you'll feel like you paid the highest paid consultant a fortune to learn this stuff! What a help this book is to every one thinking of buying a business. Congratulations on an exemplary book, Mr. Smorenburg. I know it has helped me.

I would be in trouble without Business Buyer's Kit!

I had a chance to hear an interview with Mr. Smorenburg on the Bloomberg Business Radio the other day and really was impressed with his knowledge of business acquisition. I bought his book and found it as informative as he was on radio. It's a great book that brings reality into any of your decisions. Mr. Smorenburg and his book are a fantastic source of information. I have since emailed him and he's always made the time to answer any questions I had. I highly recomend this book and Mr. Smorenburg for any advice on your business acquisition.

You've got to read this book to benefit from the Y2K problem

Everywhere you hear about the doomsday of Y2K but after reading Business Buyer's Kit you see the opportunities available due to the Y2K. What a gem of a book!! Business Buyer's Kit teaches you how to find a business and how to avoid all the pitfalls of buying a business which will be so handy when small to medium size companies fail due to Y2K issues!! I'm anxious for January 1, 2000, because I'll have the knowledge to conduct a calculated acquisition thanks to this book!! Y2K here I come!!

A must have for anyone thinking of buying a business!!

Having read a lot of business books that try too hard to impress, I found this book conveyed a complex subject in such a simple way that I felt like throwing in my day job come Monday. I am planning to become an entrepreneur in the near future, and now feel 100% more prepared to face the risks.Even if you're planning to start a business from scratch, I'd highly recommend that you first get your hands on a copy. The author really paints a powerful picture in favor of acquisition and teaches you how you can instantly have a positive cashflow.Also, where most similar titles gloss over how you should find a business to buy, I can see that the strategy Mr. Smorenburg has developed to match your aptitude to the marketplace makes all the sense in the world and is bound to save you tens of thousands of dollars.Even if you don't read the book and only use the 300-question checklist at the back, the book is worth ten times its cover price. But don't just stop there, I can highly recommend giving it a read from cover to cover and passing it on to people you like and care about. This is a handbook that offers practical experience in a simple and easy to read format.I really could not recommend it more highly. Excellent, excellent, excellent. I was very impressed - clearly an author with heaps of experience in the real world.