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Category Archives: Owner’s Life

You Sell a Business for the Same Reason You Start One: Freedom

Posted on November 9, 2012 by barbara.taylor
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Whether you believe you built it — or feel as if you couldn’t have done it alone — it’s likely that the primary motivator for selling your business will be the same one that made you start it: freedom.

Posted in Exit Planning, Owner's Life, Retirement, Selling, Valuation | 1 Reply

3 Reasons Why I Decided to Sell My Business

Posted on September 11, 2012 by barbara.taylor
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Regardless of the size of the business, its age – or that of its owner – the industry or geographic location, most of us end up reaching our limit as business owners in much the same way. Here are three reasons why my husband and I decided to sell the first business we started together back in 2003.

Posted in Exit Planning, Owner's Life, Selling | 3 Replies

50 Ways to Celebrate Small Business Week

Posted on May 25, 2012 by barbara.taylor
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In case you missed it this has been National Small Business Week, and I’ve been celebrating on Twitter. Every day this week I’ve Tweeted ways to celebrate small business — both yours as well as others in your community.

Posted in Main Street, Owner's Life | 2 Replies

Celebrate National Small Business Week!

Posted on May 21, 2012 by barbara.taylor
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This week is National Small Business Week! While we’re always singing the praises of small-business ownership here at Synergy, we’ll be taking this opportunity to share “50 Ways to Celebrate National Small Business Week” on our Twitter feed every day this week. If you’re not following us on Twitter yet, our handle is @SynergyBizNWA.

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Raising kids to be entrepreneurs

Posted on May 11, 2012 by barbara.taylor
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I guess it should come as no surprise that in over two years of business blogging for the New York Times my most popular post had almost nothing to do with small business.

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About Barbara

Barbara Taylor is the co-founder of Synergy Business Services and a New York Times blogger. She has been a small-business owner since 2003. Barbara lives with her family in Northwest Arkansas.

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