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Codiligent Compendium
Curated articles about entrepreneurship and preparing for a business sale


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Websites


Aswath Damodaran, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, is one of the pre-eminent experts on privately held company valuation.  Here's a link to a website that contains his research and papers:  Damodaran on Valuation

PricewaterhouseCoopers offers research and ideas on emerging trends, regulatory changes, performance benchmarks, and information on key business issues for a variety of industries:    PWC Industry Reports   

Like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte also has deep industry research reports:  
Deloitte Industry Reports

Would you like market research reports for small businesses like a bike shop, fast food restaurant, or brewery?  The Small Business Development Center has a variety of such reports:  SBDC Small Business Snapshots

The Small Business Administration has resources for starting, managing, and funding small businesses:  SBA

    Send me the free white paper "What Business Buyers Want: Preparing For A Successful Business Sale" as well as occasional educational articles and videos

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Groups and Organizations


Peer Advisory Groups
Many small business owners don't have an impartial board of advisors.  It's lonely at the top.  It doesn't need to be that way.  Following are formal groups that are available to business owners:

Vistage        The Alternative Board          Entrepreneurs' Organization


Consultant Associations and Business Groups
Find the right consultants to help you improve your business: 

Institute of Management Consultants          Association of Management Consulting Firms
Service Corp of Retired Executives             Lean Enterprise Institute
Business Growth Group                              National Federation of Independent Business

Association for Corporate Growth               Small Business Development Center
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network                  Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

Books & Publications


Are you aware that the Wall Street Journal has an entire section of its paper and website devoted to small business?  WSJ Small Business

A few other publications' websites that have quality content geared toward entrepreneurs and small business that are on Codiligent business brokers reading list: 

Fast Company Magazine          
Wired Magazine           
Inc. Magazine     
Harvard Business Review         
Strategy+Business       
Forbes Entrepreneurs       
Entrepreneur Magazine

Duke University has an on-line entrepreneurship manual.  However, it is a work in progress.  It's a good concept, and may be a great future resource - but for now it's bare bones:

The Duke Entrepreneurship Manual:  A Resource for Entrepreneurs

Codiligent has observed that one of the biggest differences between successful and unsuccessful small businesses is how well consistent repeatable systems have been created.  Following are some recommended books on this topic:

The Toyota Way           
The E-Myth Revisited
Work the System          
E-Myth Mastery

Would you like a better understanding of what a business broker or investment banker does? 
 
Valuing A Business:  The Analysis and Appraisal of Closely Held Companies
             
Acquisitions, Mergers, Sales, Buyouts & Takeovers: A Handbook With Forms

Blogs


Following are a few blogs Codiligent enjoys.  If you have a business blog, or know of one that you think has compelling information on entrepreneurship, business, or preparing a business for sale - please let us know.

            Portland Business Journal       The Oregonian's Business Watch       PDX CPA
            Hillas Law                                 Entrepreneurship.org                          PWC M&A Snapshot
            Kinesis Marketing                     Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Business For Sale Listing Websites


            BizBuySell.com          BizQuest.com          GlobalBX.com         Businessesforsale.com    
            BusinessBroker.net   Mergernetwork.com  
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