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How to buy a business

Ep. 99

Join Paul Mumford and Clare Horsley as they talk to the world's leading business coaches and leaders who share practical advice so you can grow your own small business.


In this week's episode

Rather than setting up your own business from scratch have you considered buying one that's fully formed? Or maybe you'd like to expand by adding an established business to your own. How do you go about all that? What things do you need to consider? How long does it take and what happens if it goes wrong? We find answers to all of these questions (and that one about the biscuits) by talking with serial business buyer and business coach Ross Tomkins.


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