#2184 - Q&A: “Can I buy an existing small business?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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What if we could skip the whole startup phase of your side hustle and go straight to burgeoning retailer? None of that whole ideation thing, none of that trial and error—just operating a successful business?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
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Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
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| 0:38.4 | Happy Christmas Eve! Welcome listeners, welcome friends, welcome community. What if we could |
| 0:44.1 | skip the whole startup phase of your side hustle and go straight to burgeoning retailer? |
| 0:49.7 | Wouldn't that be great? None of that ideation thing. Trying to decide between competing ideas. |
| 0:56.6 | None of that trial and error process just operating a successful business. |
| 1:00.8 | Well, guess what? This is not an ad for a company that will soon go out of business in the next year. |
| 1:05.2 | It is in fact the setup for today's question from a recent listener. He wants to buy an existing |
| 1:10.0 | small business and he's found a platform called BizBysel. No affiliation with us. He's found |
| 1:15.6 | this platform that includes a lot of listings. How does it work? What should you know if you want to |
| 1:20.4 | do something like this and why is the sky blue? Well, the answers to at least two of those three |
| 1:25.2 | questions are in this episode. Once again, happy Christmas Eve. Welcome to side hustle school, detailed |
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