Your veterinary practice : buying, selling & merging /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Adagio press,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- The psychology of buying, owning and maintaining a successful practice
- Your good credit
- How to hire consultants for advice and guidance
- The veterinary business plan
- Deciding on a business entity structure
- Preparing for practice ownership
- Hiring employees
- Salaries, benefits, compensation
- Financing options
- Insurance
- Tax considerations
- Starting a practice from scratch
- The start-up practice budget
- Buying a pre-existing practice
- Appraising a practice
- Real estate
- The legal aspects of buying a practice
- Negotiating the deal
- Marketing, advertising and publicity
- The nuts and bolts of selling your practice
- Why should you sell your practice
- What makes a practice desirable to prospective buyers
- Grooming your practice for sale
- Using a planned exit strategy
- Real estate
- An overview of the sales process
- Hire capable marketing advisors
- Strategic analysis of a practice for sale
- Valuing a practice for sale
- Identifying a suitable buyer
- Selling to an associate or partner
- What are buyers really looking for
- Tax considerations for the seller
- Goals of the seller
- Negotiating your best deal
- Sales contract between buyer and seller
- The role of retirement
- Avoid the pitfalls : what not to do
- A practice sale : from decision to closing
- Planning a successful merger
- Typical merger scenario : dating, engagement, marriage
- When is the best time to merge a practice
- Similarities and dissimilarities to buying and selling
- How is a practice merger helpful to you and your practice
- Preparing a business for merging
- The buy/sell agreement
- Beyond the agreement
- Preparing your merger entrance strategy : the devil's in the details
- Summary
- Now just do it