Small Business Trends by Steve Strauss

Small business gurus always talk about increasing your sales in your existing market are a business growth strategy, one they say any and every small business should focus on. Well that may not be right for you right now. Remember, gross is not net so simply increasing sales in your existing market may not be contributing to bottom line growth.

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Exit Strategy, Selling Your Small Business FAST!

Here is a video describing one of the exit strategies successful business owners dream of. Selling your business and selling it fast, while still getting as much or more than you thought possible. Most successful businesses fail in the end, because they either could not sell the company or they didn't have someone in the family or close by who could continue it successfully after they were out of the picture. For many seeing the business continue to live on in the lives of their family is their ultimate objective - and that is invariably the way to get the maximum return from their lifetime of effort. When that isn't possible, desirable, or for that matter practical - selling the company becomes their goal. Unfortunately that isn't always possible - watch the video and see how one person did it.

http://www.waynemessick.com/small-business/selling-your-small-business-exit-strategy-my-business-sold-and-fast