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  <tableOfContents>The opportunity : entrepreneurship through acquisition -- Is entrepreneurship through acquisition for you? -- The acquisition process -- Anticipating the cost of your search -- Paying for your search -- Identifying the characteristics you want in your business -- Managing your search effectively : an overview -- Sourcing prospects using brokers -- Sourcing directly -- Enduringly profitable small businesses -- Using  financial information to gauge enduring profitability -- Filtering for the owner's commitment to sell -- Preliminary due diligence -- How much should you pay for a small business? -- Deal terms -- The offer -- Confirmatory due diligence -- Raising debt -- Raising acquisition equity -- Negotiating the purchase agreement -- The closing day and beyond</tableOfContents>
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  <note>Includes index</note>
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    <topic>Purchasing</topic>
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