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For Business Owners:
If you are doing some planning on selling your business in the future, there are a number of issues for you to consider.  Feel free to take advantage of the different free articles provided on this website to provide some background as you do your planning.  If you don’t see a topic listed that you’d like to see, please drop us a note, and we’ll put that on the list of new papers to develop.  If you have a specific question, we also respond to those, just send an email to info@centerforbusinesssale.com   If you are looking to sell your business in the Silicon Valley area, we’d like to help.  You can find out more about our business sale services at www.VRsiliconVALLEY.com

For Business Buyers:
If you are looking to move into business ownership, you probably have a million questions.  Check out our free articles to see if we can help answer some of those questions.  You might start with the frequently asked questions (FAQ) for business buyers.  You might also check our article on how to manage risk when buying a business, as well as source of funds for business buyers.  If you are looking to buy a business in the Silicon Valley area, we schedule meetings with prospective buyers to help you through the process to get the business of your dreams.

Business Support Teams:
If you are an accountant, attorney or financial planner who is curious how business brokers perform valuations for businesses, or other topics, feel free to search the white papers listed below for free information.  The author, Erik Ottem, is a certified business intermediary and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.