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Buying a Business For Dummies
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Buying a Business For Dummies

by Eric Tyson, Jim Schell
April 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
6h 58m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 10

Business Owner Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Handling the details of owning a business

Bullet Determining which tasks you want to outsource

Bullet Establishing a bookkeeping system that works for you

Bullet Managing your expenses

Bullet Maintaining relationships with vendors and other people outside your business

Those who have started their own business know that in the beginning, you as the owner will perform all your business’s chores, or at least you will personally see to it that they get done. Well, you’ll personally take care of all the important tasks at least — those responsibilities that will, down the road, either make or break your business if they aren’t done correctly.

When you buy a business, odds are that the business will have some employees and vendors that perform various functions and services for the business. The good news for you is that you shouldn’t have to get down into the weeds in a way that you would with starting a business from scratch. But you should be familiar with the ...

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