Most of us suckers, I mean business owners, dream of one day handing the keys of the business over to another dreamer who decides that buying our business is the best investment they can make. Or perhaps your version of the dream is to be acquired by a much larger organization that needs your particular innovation to round out their offerings. Sadly, the majority of small businesses simply close up shop with little or no return on the asset to the owner, making the entire ordeal little more than a very hard, albeit oftentimes rewarding, job.

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