Buy, Run, Build - A guide to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

Buying an established, growing company - rather than creating a start-up from scratch - is increasingly the preferred path to success for many entrepreneurs. So what''s stopping you? Let''s face it - starting a business is stressful, time-consuming and you often have little idea whether it''s going to work or not. Interest in Entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) is growing exponentially - and it''s not surprising. An existing business already has customers, suppliers and staff in place; from day one, you have the ability to make a positive impact on the company and the people you are working with, rather than risking everything with a new venture. Whether you are a current MBA graduate, a thriving corporate manager looking to strike out on your own, or a retiring business owner seeking to exit the market and sell your business on, Buy, Run, Build contains all the tools you''ll need to build this new chapter of your life. Buy, Run, Build is rooted in real-life business experiences and Charles Skinner''s own insights as an industry specialist: from acquiring a company worth £3m and building it into a business which sold for £100m, to the invaluable learning experiences from his own share of disasters, Charles Skinner guides you through the do''s and don''t''s of ETA: Finding and valuing companies; Funding acquisitions and negotiating deals; Managing mergers and; Most importantly - what to do if things start to go wrong. So if you want to run a company, what are you waiting for?

Product details

• Authors: Charles Skinner, Charles Skinner, Skinner Charles
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2026
• EAN: 9781399427128
• ISBN: 978-1-399-42712-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Acquisition Entrepreneurship, Acquisition Entrepreneurship; ETA