"Bebo sale to AOL nets founders a £290m fortune in 3years." - March 2008"Foxtons sale nets founder £370m." - May 2007"L'Oréal buys Body Shop for £652m." - March2006For entrepreneurs and business owners alike, this is your ticketto serious money.Fact 1: Business is all about making money.Fact 2: Personal satisfaction is great, but it doesn't pay thebills.If your main ambition is to make big money from your business,you're already on the right track. Over 4 million people start upbusinesses in the UK each y ear but only 1% become millionaires.Start with the end in mind and you could be one of them.Colin Barrow, bestselling start-up author and businessinvestment specialist, shows you how to shape up for a sale rightfrom the world go:Get Backed - secure big investmentGet Big - create real value and strong growthGet Bought - dress the business and negotiate a killerdealWith practical advice, tools and stories from those who havedone it, you'll find out how to guide your start-up businesstowards the payday of your dreams.

Introduction: Be careful what you wish for.Part One: GET BACKED.1 Problems over passion - the real characteristics ofwinning business ideas.2 The traits of the entrepreneur - it's all in themindset.3 Nothing new under the sun - the same old problems, somebrand new solutions.4 Research, research, research.5 Mastering the 'master plan' - business plansare templates, not straitjackets.6 The money - who has it and why you might just get yourhands on some of it.7 Another day over and deeper in debt - leveraging theinvestment.Part Two: GET BIG.8 You must be this high to go on the ride - why babiescan't swim.9 The path to growth - and riches too.10 Selling fivers for a tenner - why margins mattermost.11 Taking charge - good management's a simple yetrare commodity.Part Three: GET BOUGHT.12 What's it to you? Calculating value.13 Dressing to kill - preparing your business for sale andgetting the timing right.14 Pay day - selling up.15 Floating Off.16 Getting a second life.References.Resource list.About the Author.Index.