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Buy A Business With This Strategy And Spend Every Day Golfing, Playing And Doing Whatever You Want
Whenever I tell people they should only buy a business that's big and profitable enough so they, as the owner, can be "hands-off" -- where they don't deal with the day-to-day operations of the company and rarely even show up -- the first question they ask me is, ?That sounds wonderful. But how do you find a good manager or director to run the business for you??
Listen, if you buy an existing company that?s been around five, ten, 15 years (and it?s doing very well)...realize most of them are already being well managed. And all you do is take over, stay out of their way and keep things as they were. Of course, there are some businesses out there where the owner?s still running the company. And if that's the case, and he?s hands-on, what you?re going to find is there will be other employees you can move up and promote from within.
Fortunately, at least with the good businesses (the only ones you want to buy anyway), you'll usually find somebody within the company already running it besides the owner. And that's what you should ideally be looking for. That's why the best business to buy is the one where the owner plays golf full-time and never shows up. You don?t want to go after a business where the guy?s there 80 hours a week. Why would you want to?
And on the off chance there is nobody already running the business, or if the managers all quit when you take over, then all you need to do is offer to pay a good salary and benefits and you'll attract good people. But keep in mind this doesn?t happen very often. In fact, in the past 20-25 years, I can?t remember the last time we had to go out and hire a manager. Simply pay the current management a better salary and treat them well, and they'll have no reason to leave.
Arthur B. Hamel has bought over 200 businesses in the past 50 years, and is a well-known author, consultant, investor, business owner, and dynamic lecturer who has shared the stage with such business greats as Robert Allen of "No Money Down" fame. For the past 20 years Art has taught thousands of people around the world -- even so-called "little guys" with no formal education or money -- how to quickly and easily buy large, multi-million dollar businesses with no credit, banks or prior business experience. He has recently decided to share his unique business-buying secrets and tactics free of charge at: http://arthurhamel.com
Art Hamel
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