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The short answer to this question is yes... and no.

Buying a business that provides you with a good job is definitely a worthwhile strategy, as long as it doesn’t just provide you with a job.

If you own a business, what are the main risks you will be taking?

• Operational risk – As a business owner you count on your systems and processes to work in a predictable manner and accept the risk of those systems and processes failing. For example, your safety system could fail and cause injury to an employee, or your manufacturing system could break down, causing you to default on a major customer contract.

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A few years ago we worked on a business sale transaction in which one side had far less robust advice than the other – you can guess which side was which!

Our client – the vendor – was selling a reasonably large, engineering-style business.

The purchaser – while a successful business operator – was not experienced at acquiring businesses and did not appear to have thought deeply about the sort of expertise they would need to advise and guide them.

Topics: Buying a business, Advice, Case study, business buying, Business advisor, business broker, risk management, James Price, JPAbusiness, Parramatta, client case studies, buy a business, Central West NSW, business buyer

The short answer to this question is yes... and no.

Buying a business that provides you with a good job is definitely a worthwhile strategy, as long as it doesn’t just provide you with a job.

Topics: Buying a business, business advice, business ownership, Parramatta, Orange NSW, financials, redundancy, buy a business