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No Paper – The Digital Dream!
A few years ago, I made a great investment in a piece of office machinery. I purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner. It scanned documents quickly through its sheet-feeding capability and scans any size from card to A4. My dream of doing away with five filing cabinets...

Amazon Australia
Amazon is Coming to Town. Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO, is currently the wealthiest man in the world and is in the top spot for a reason. He built Amazon from the ground up starting in mid-1990 with books and then slowly adding new categories to the retailer's...

Selling Hire Business
Selling a Hire Business by Don Wilson. BCI is indebted to Don Wilson, a legendary Business Broker in the Sydney sales scene. Don was and is the gun when it comes to selling hire businesses. Here is Don's take on the industry and a few tips on selling hire businesses....

Bangin’ on ’bout Brand
What’s in a Brand? If you own a franchise part of the value of your business is the name that the franchisor has created. The franchisor has spent many years building up a name, often many outlets, reputation for service and quality leading to a relationship of trust...

The Domino Effect
The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino theory was used by successive United...

Buying a Business? Avoid the Pitfalls.
What you think of when you think of a business broker? Most of you will say that you use a business broker for selling a business. And you would be right. That is the problem. Quite often you get a transaction where the seller of the business is represented by a...

Why Would Someone Sell A Profitable Business?
Quite often people will ask us as business brokers "Why is the vendors selling the business?" This question often comes when the business being sold is profitable. It has real relevance these days where economic uncertainty suggests that if you have a profitable...

Business Planning Reference
Business Planning for Small Business There is no doubt that business planning is very important to the success of every business. This is because a business plan provides you with direction, so that you can keep your business on track. Moreover, a business plan proves...

Business Valuation Made Easy
Understand business valuation doesn't have to be hard. To put it simply you either value the assets only, or you value the whole business by looking at its income and applying a multiplier. Watch this short video to see how. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3YrhiKPiRA...
Becoming the complete business
Complete business to your strengths Complete business in a way that you know you're good at. In business, you need to know your OWN strengths and weaknesses as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the business. In the beginning you had to do everything but as you...