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Buying a Business

A practical, step-by-step walkthrough of buying a small business: setting criteria, finding deals, analyzing earnings, financing and closing.

9 min read · Updated 2026-08-18

The questions that reveal earnings quality, owner dependency and hidden risk before you spend money on due diligence.

7 min read · Updated 2026-08-06

The warning signs that most often precede a bad acquisition, and how to test each one during diligence.

6 min read · Updated 2026-08-13

A structured comparison of acquisition and startup: capital, time to income, risk profile and the situations where each wins.

7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24

Why sellers carry a note, how terms are typically structured, and what seller financing signals about a business.

6 min read · Updated 2026-07-30

What owners can do in the twelve months before a sale to raise the multiple and reduce the chance of a deal falling apart.

8 min read · Updated 2026-08-27

What seller's discretionary earnings and EBITDA actually measure, when each is used, and why the difference changes the price of a business.

6 min read · Updated 2026-08-10

The multiple method, what raises and lowers a business valuation, and how to build a defensible range instead of a single number.

8 min read · Updated 2026-08-21