Buy an Existing Business
Should you take over this store?
What this risk check helps you evaluate
Buy an Existing Business helps you evaluate whether the main assumptions behind this decision are strong enough before you commit more money, time, or energy.
Key assumptions to verify
- - There is enough real demand to support the decision.
- - Fixed costs do not consume the operating margin.
- - Customers can find, enter, buy, and return.
- - The investment can be recovered within a realistic period.
- - The business can survive slow or uncertain months.
Warning signs
- - You are relying on optimism instead of observed data.
- - Revenue assumptions are not connected to cash flow.
- - Rent, payroll, or transfer costs are fixed while demand is uncertain.
- - You cannot clearly explain why customers would return.
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