• Bluekey Business Brokerage, M&A

  • Here's the novel idea - asking readers what they'd like to read about. So ... :

    what would you like to see in this blog?

    tportante 'at' bluekeybma 'dot' com

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  • There are over 5,500,000 businesses in the United States (with a least one employee). At any given point in time approximately 20% of these businesses are for sale. That's over 1,000,000 companies on the market right now!

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  • Demographic fact: As Baby Boomers age, we see (1) some long-time business owners considering retirement (2) Boomers with discretionary funds willing to buy on-going ventures. ||||| ______________

Is YouTube a way to sell or buy businesses?

Posted on 08/08/08 by tomportante

This isn’t meant as a question about production values.  Rather, my question is:  Do you think this kind of advertising captures more attention (and generates more serious inquiries) than tex-based ads? 

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Using online information for buying & selling

Posted on 08/02/08 by tomportante

BizTrader -dot- com  ( http://biztrader.com ) is something worth checking out.  (for an audio interview with its founder, see http://www.askjim.biz/embed/skin.php?filename=20080528-A )
Here’s a startup that allows anyone to post Businesses-for-Sale with as much, or as little, specificity as the owners want.
And once there’s interest, potential buyers and sellers contact each other (offline), and BizTrader’s role is done. [...]

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