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Business Acquisition Support

Know what to ask before taking over a business.

A business acquisition simply means buying an existing business. Venturis helps you organize the process, from defining what you're looking for to gathering seller information and planning the handover.

This may help you

• Define what you want to buy: your goals, budget, preferred industry, and day-to-day role.
• Know what to request from the seller.
• Keep questions and reviews on track during the information-gathering stage, often called due diligence.
• Plan for the ownership transition.

Support may include

• Comparing opportunities against your priorities
• A document checklist covering financial records, equipment and inventory, leases, licenses, and operating procedures
• Organizing those materials for review by you and the appropriate professionals
• Tracking document requests, missing information, follow-up questions, review responsibilities, and deadlines
• A handover checklist covering daily operations, staff and vendor communication, business systems, and customer relationships
• Marketing priorities for introducing the ownership change and supporting the business afterward

About our role. Venturis provides corporate consulting and project management services, not legal counsel. Contract reviews should be conducted by your attorney. Referrals are available upon request.

Franchise Research & Planning

Understand the opportunity, and what owning it could involve.

Buying a franchise means operating a business under an established brand and its requirements. Venturis helps you organize your research and manage the tasks involved in exploring an opportunity, whether you're just getting started or already comparing options.

This may help you

• Clarify what fits your goals: the types of businesses you're interested in, your budget, and how involved you want to be in daily operations.
• Compare opportunities and prepare questions.
• Gather information for review.
• Manage the next steps.

Support may include

• A side-by-side comparison of costs, owner responsibilities, training, and marketing support
• Questions for franchise companies and current franchise owners
• A checklist of documents to request, including the Franchise Disclosure Document (the information package describing the franchise offering)
• Tracking missing information and questions to discuss with the franchise company and your professional advisers
• A project checklist and timeline, with follow-ups tracked
• Operational and marketing tasks for opening, within the franchise's brand requirements

About our role. Venturis provides corporate consulting and project management services, not legal counsel. Contract reviews should be conducted by your attorney. Referrals are available upon request.