P1Book
Deibel, Walker. (2018)
Lioncrest Publishing. Paperback, Oct 20, 2018, 310 pages, ISBN 9781544501130; hardcover, Sep 01, 2022, ISBN 9781544535661
Practitioner guide to buying an existing business as a route into entrepreneurship. Lioncrest is an author-funded imprint, so this counts as one of the well-known self-published guides. Bibliographic facts only; content not read.
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P2Book
Simon, Jan. (2021)
Tellwell Talent. Hardcover, Dec 30, 2021, 422 pages, ISBN 9780228864035; a second 2021 edition record carries ISBN 9780228861768
Book-length treatment of the search fund model and the post-acquisition CEO role, per its title. Tellwell is a self-publishing service. Bibliographic facts only; content not read.
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P3Book
Sanchez, Codie. (2024)
Penguin Publishing Group. 2024, 272 pages, ISBN 9780593718629; a second 2024 edition record carries ISBN 9780593718612
Trade-press popular book on buying small "Main Street" businesses. Bibliographic facts only; content not read. The record names the publisher as Penguin Publishing Group and does not name the imprint.
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P4Book
Steingold, Fred S. (2007)
Nolo. Paperback, September 15, 2007, 424 pages, ISBN 9781413307078; later edition records: 2010 ISBN 9781413312676, 2011 ISBN 9781413312874, 2015 ISBN 9781413321753, 2019 ISBN 9781413325331
Legal self-help guide from Nolo on the mechanics of purchasing a small business, repeatedly re-issued. Bibliographic facts only; content not read. Edition numbers are not shown in the records, only years and ISBNs.
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P5Book
Rickertsen, Rick. (2001)
AMACOM / American Management Association. Hardcover, March 15, 2001, 304 pages, ISBN 9780814406267; a second record lists AMACOM, 2001, 400 pages, ISBN 9780814431719
Management buyout guide written from the private equity side. Bibliographic facts only; content not read. The two records disagree on page count (304 and 400).
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P6Book
Joseph, Richard A., Anna M. Nekoranec, and Carl H. Steffens. (1993)
Enterprise/Dearborn. 1993, 276 pages, ISBN 0793104505
Included because the subtitle uses the phrase "entrepreneurship through acquisition" in 1993, which is the earliest dated use of the term confirmed this session. Bibliographic facts only; content not read. Whether practitioners still cite it was not checked.
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P7Book
Jackim, Richard E., and Peter G. Christman. (2005)
Dog Ear Publishing. Hardcover, April 30, 2005, 236 pages, ISBN 9780976660309. A second record lists an Exit Planning Institute edition with the subtitle "A Guide for Professional Advisors", dated 2005-01-01, ISBN 9780977602353 (author shown as Richard E. Jackim only)
This is the book the Exit Planning Institute itself names as the origin of the "$10 trillion" baby boomer business transfer figure (see section 4, claim b). The book was not opened, so how the authors arrived at $10 trillion is not known from this session. A web search summary gave a longer subtitle ("Designing Successful Exit Strategies for Middle Market Business Owners") and one reseller listing gave 2006; neither was confirmed on a page opened here.
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P8Book
Warrillow, John. (2011)
Portfolio Hardcover. 2011, 153 pages, ISBN 9781591843979
Sell-side book on making an owner-dependent business transferable; cited by buyers for what makes a target sellable. Bibliographic facts only; content not read.
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P9Book
Burlingham, Bo. (2014)
Portfolio Penguin. 2014, 294 pages, ISBN 9780670923267; a second 2014 record with 294 pages carries ISBN 9781591844976 and no publisher field
Sell-side book on owner exits. Bibliographic facts only; content not read.
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P10Book
Beshore, Brent. (2018)
Boring Books. Hardcover, Dec 03, 2018, 154 pages, ISBN 9780998030005; 2024 edition records carry ISBN 9780998030050 and 9780998030067
Sell-side guide for owners of small private companies. Bibliographic facts only; content not read. The publisher name suggests author-published, which was not confirmed.
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P11Book
West, Tom. (2014)
Business Brokerage Press. 2014, 860 pages, ISBN 9780983733409
Annual reference of pricing "rules of thumb" used by business brokers. Open Library search results also show a 2004 edition (ISBN 9780974851808) from the same press, and BVR newsletter items seen in search results (not opened) refer to 2022, 2023 and 2024 print editions. Content not read; the method behind its rules of thumb is not known from this session.
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