Comments on: Tom Portante: Bluekey Business Brokerage – Mergers & Acquisitions http://businessmarketplace360.wordpress.com : we help you buy and sell businesses Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tomportante http://businessmarketplace360.wordpress.com/about/#comment-14 tomportante Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:44:13 +0000 #comment-14 Very very interesting. My long standing hunch is that 'familial hand-downs' is something that sounds like it should work but often doesn't. (mind you, it's just a gut feeling). That said, I'd love to read your book and - with your permission - use some of those ideas in subsequent blog postings. TP [tportante@bluekeybma.com] Very very interesting. My long standing hunch is that ‘familial hand-downs’ is something that sounds like it should work but often doesn’t. (mind you, it’s just a gut feeling). That said, I’d love to read your book and – with your permission – use some of those ideas in subsequent blog postings. TP [tportante@bluekeybma.com]

]]> By: Thomas Deans http://businessmarketplace360.wordpress.com/about/#comment-12 Thomas Deans Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:51:11 +0000 #comment-12 Dear Tom I am the author of a new book entitled "Every Family's Business". The book is targeted at closely held business owners. The book advances the theme that gifting an operating business to family will almost certainly destroy wealth and family relationships. Instead the book argues that business owners must always make every decison with the end or "sale" of their business in mind. The book is proving to be an effective marketing tool for business brokers. It is not a technical book on how to sell a business but rather a book that engages business owners on an emotional level. The book is writen much like the Wealthy Barber -- I see that you went to McGill -- so you might be familiar with David Chilton's book on financial planning. Dear Tom

I am the author of a new book entitled “Every Family’s Business”. The book is targeted at closely held business owners. The book advances the theme that gifting an operating business to family will almost certainly destroy wealth and family relationships. Instead the book argues that business owners must always make every decison with the end or “sale” of their business in mind. The book is proving to be an effective marketing tool for business brokers. It is not a technical book on how to sell a business but rather a book that engages business owners on an emotional level. The book is writen much like the Wealthy Barber — I see that you went to McGill — so you might be familiar with David Chilton’s book on financial planning.

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