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      CommentAuthorKMulligan
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2006 edited
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    What are some questions you would ask if you were joining/starting/consulting to/advising a small business? Let's make a running list... I'll update here at the top. Obviously not all questions apply to all industries... and is there already a list out there on a site that would defeat the purpose of this thread?

    Examples:

    • What is the ROA?

    • What is the ROE?

    • What is Free Cash Flow at? Is this growing?

    • What do liabilities look like?

    • What assets are owned?

    • What is employee turnover for TTM, 2 years?

    • Revenue/Profit/Margin growth in last 3, 6, 12 months?

    • Do we occupy a niche?

    • SWOT analysis questions

    etc. etc.

    Which questions would you add? Which do you think are most important?

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      CommentAuthorSSM
    • CommentTimeDec 26th 2006
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    Well you can sum all those up by saying "bring your business plan, marketing strategy, and financial statements"

    Questions outside of those would be:
    -Are there plans for expansion (more sites, more product lines, acquisitions, etc.)
    -Where does the funding come from for such expansion

    Are you you getting into something new KMulligan?

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