Businesses for sale

I was hungrily grazing in the bookstore seeking food for thought and found myself in an alcove filled with business start-up books and guides. Pulling one about the specialty travel industry off the shelf, the back cover promised to feed me: “Turn your hunger for adventure into an exhilarating – and lucrative – business.”

Checking the menu (table of contents), I found there was a lot to digest and more of a meal than I was prepared to stomach in one sitting: briefing the reader on what the industry is, describing essential office equipment, determining your business structure, acquiring licenses and organization memberships, finding a profitable niche and conducting marketing, running your finances, and more.

It sounds a lot like taking the stairs to the 25th floor when you can take the elevator. If you buy an established business on Acquireo, you don’t have to go through a lot of what these start-up guides discuss, regardless of the industry or the quality of advice. You don’t have to start your own anything. It’s wonderfully simple to swallow and much easier to digest.