Buyout · The Insider's Guide to Buying Your Own Company by Rick Rickertsen · Robert E. Gunther

"Successful management buyouts (MBOs) are the pinnacle of business success today and a great way to earn an ever-increasing stake in the American dream.

Buyout provides managers and executives with the necessary tools and strategies for leading a company or division buyout. It explores the details of the entire buyout process and empowers managers to seize their destiny and take charge. Managers learn how to:

Find a company to purchase

Develop a business plan

Negotiate with the seller

Win the ""ground war"" of due diligence

Find equity partners and negotiate the management deal with investors

Run the company after the MBO.

Buyout offers real-life stories of people who actually pulled off out-of-this-world deals and became rich beyond their wildest expectations."