Presentation 2: Buying a Business (April 12) (15%)
Your assignment is to research and present a 5-10-minute power point presentation
about a business you would like to buy. Visit one of the Internet resources listed in
class (or another one from your country). Search for businesses for sale using websites of business brokers or Internet resources (see below). Look at various the business categories. Answer the following questions in (at least) five slides:
Slide One Title slide with your name, the business you would like to buy
Slide Two – Select one of the businesses you would like to buy and describe it.
Slide Three – Explain why it interests you as a possible investment
Slide Four Describe the potential problems in buying this business.
There are many websites that can be used for this assignment (google it to find about firms to be bought in your own country). In the US, one of them is:
Biz Buy Sell – http://www.bizbuysell.com
BizQuest – http://www.bizquest.com
Business Broker – http://www.businessbroker.net
BusinessMart – http://www.businessmart.com
Business.com – http://www.business.com
MergerNetwork – http://www.mergernetwork.com