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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. If you remove the owner, the business struggles and collapses.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

I mean, is that considered cash flow or is that considered an expense of the business? So small businesses, and I use, I don't like the term small business because different groups have different ways of defining it. The government, for example, often defines small business by the number of employees.

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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Small Business After having established myself in real estate, I decided to invest in a small business in my community. The business however is doing very well today. Although I knew I would be working in (not on) the business to some extent, the work turned out to be more than I anticipated, at least initially.