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		<title>Financing a Franchise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Ryan F. Fin. So&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; you want to buy a franchise? Why? You may have many reasons, but let me suggest that your primary motivation for buying a franchise should be a desire to make money. Or more specifically, to make an adequate profit sufficient to fund your life&#8217;s expenses. This could be -: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrible Reasons for Not Buying a Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When talking to business brokers, it is important for you to provide good feedback on the businesses they show you.  This is so they can find the right business to match what you're looking for.  In this article, learn what NOT to say when providing feedback back to them, which will help you build up your relationship with them.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Benchmark Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They say information is power &#8211; well, here are a few business benchmarking resources and my associated notes. ValueCruncher &#8211; EBIT Margins Look at the end of the PDF for the table of indicative EBIT margins for various types of businesses. Note: I don&#8217;t know the source of these figures, but they seem pretty reasonable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Start a Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For most people, the idea of starting a business can both be exciting and scary at the same time. The exciting part first: You take control of your financial destiny, meaning that your income isn&#8217;t fixed by your employer and you control it based on how well you perform in the bsuiness. You have flexibility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Salon Worth?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kym Krey Even if the thought of selling your salon has not crossed your mind yet, one day it might. The steps you take to make it ready for sale will make your salon much more valuable to keep, so the effort is always worth it. However, most salon owners leave this far too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Trial?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at Business for Sale blog, I&#8217;m sometimes asked, &#8220;What is a trial?&#8221; in respect to business listings. If you&#8217;ve spent time looking at business listings online and offline, you&#8217;ll eventually see wording along the lines of &#8220;Will trial at $8,000 per week&#8221; (or any amount – it depends on how well the business is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing a Franchise &#8211; Part 3 of 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Ryan F. Fin. This is the third and final part of my article series on financing a franchise. If you haven&#8217;t done so, please read Part 1 and Part 2 before continuing on below. As discussed last week, the issues of financing a business can include: Fees, Interest Rates, Security, Term of Borrowing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing a Franchise &#8211; Part 2 of 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Ryan F. Fin. This is the second part of my article series on financing a franchise. Please read Part 1 before continuing on below. As discussed last week, the issues of financing a business can include: Fees, Interest Rates, Security, Term of Borrowing, Profit Projection and Working Capital. This week, I&#8217;m going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing a Franchise &#8211; Part 1 of 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Ryan F. Fin. So&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; you want to buy a franchise? Why? You may have many reasons, but let me suggest that your primary motivation for buying a franchise should be a desire to make money. Or more specifically, to make an adequate profit sufficient to fund your life&#8217;s expenses. This could be -: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How to Maximise the Value of Your Retail Business&#8221; released!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had subscribed to my newsletter on the right, you&#8217;d have just gotten my free guide on &#8220;How to Maximise the Value of Your RetailBusiness&#8221;. Below is an excerpt on a controversial topic &#8211; skimming off the till. 5. Be Truthful This is not a mini-guide on morals, but the fact is&#8230; being truthful [...]]]></description>
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