Welcome to the How of Business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. And now here is your host.

This is Henry Lopez. Welcome to this episode of the How of Business. My guest and friend David Barnett is with us today. Welcome, David.

Hey, how's it going, Henry? Great to be back. Thank you. Welcome back. I'm doing well today. And thanks for taking the time to being back on the show.

So what we're going to focus on today is what we're entitling build versus buy. So if you're thinking about investing in a small business,

you essentially have two options. You know, you can build your own from scratch as I've done,

as David has done, including perhaps even a franchise, go build a new franchise location,

or you can buy an existing business. And that might include a franchise as well. So

those are basically our two options,

build our own with somebody's help perhaps or buy an existing business. And David Barnett is an

expert on the topic of buying and selling small businesses. That's what he does for a living

now, is provide that guidance, that education. And we'll talk more about that for those of you who may not know, David.

We're going to deep dive into this topic of build versus buy.

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subscribe so you don't miss any future episodes. Let me tell you briefly about David Barnett. David Barnett

has been working with small businesses for over 20 years. He's helped them grow. He's helped

entrepreneurs buy and sell them. And he's helped people finance them. David is the author of

over seven books about small business transactions and local investing. He's the host of a very

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