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	<title>How To Grow, Profit &#38; Organize Your Business &#187; Selling Your Business</title>
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		<title>10 Easy Steps For How To Sell Your Business For Maximum Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have ya ever seen a billion dollar sale of a business and wonder how it happens?</p>

<p><p>The largest and most successful sales of businesses are handled in a carefully crafted process that has been refined since the early days of business.</p>

<p>I'm gonna break that process down for you right now.</p>

<p>Below are the 10 steps to selling your business -- since the biggest and most successful sales of businesses happen with the help of an investment bank, I'm going to include them in my 10 step process.</p>

<p>Here we go:]]></description>
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		<title>7 Steps To Maximize the Value of Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get asked the following questions from business owners and leaders: How much is my business worth? How do I go about maximizing shareholder value for my business? How do I look at revenue versus profit to determine how to maximize value? What are other keys to selling a company? What should I look for when buying a company? Well, I&#8217;ve got my own thoughts but there&#8217;s a guy you&#8217;d much rather hear from &#8212; he&#8217;s been doing mergers and acquisition (M&#38;A) deals for 20 years. His name is Doug Hubert (pictured) and he leads the M&#38;A work as a Managing Director at CBIZ Inc. He and I graduated high school together and even though I haven&#8217;t done a good job staying in touch, he was kind enough to share seven tips for you to use to maximize value in your business. Here they are! 1. Build a deep management team One of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur, and one of the critical differences between a good company and a great company, is the depth and quality of the senior managerial team. Too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of trying to run and grow their businesses with [...]]]></description>
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