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They will want to shine for the new buyer in the hopes of getting a client to replace the one they lose when you sell the business.10) Growth Plans:Most buyers want to know what the seller would do to improve the business if they weren t so bogged down with the day to day work of running the business. Your experience and drive will help direct the buyer in thinking of ways to improve your business. By helping to pencil out some potential future directions, you ll be helping the buyer to visualize how to take the good thing that you ve built, and make it even better.Final thoughts:Today buyers are consumed with managing risk. You can maximize the value of your business by doing things that help the buyer perceive less risk. Well documented processes, long customer relationships, stable employee base, good books and records and long profitable track record will all help the buyer focus on the opportunity, and not the risk of your business. Author’s Resource BoxErik Ottem is a business broker in Silicon Valley. He is a certified business intermediary and holds a master of business administration from Washington University in St. Loui2009-02-19 17:02:46Word Count : 1570Popularity: 26 Tags: ubuntu, linux, newbie, launchpad, gimp, open source, computer, technology property forum Author RSS Feed As I was sitting here, preparing to write this article, my mind wandered back to the day I accidentally wiped out a Windows installation with a Gutsy Gibbon CD. I thought I was in trouble. I had just knocked out my work documents, including various templates I made, along with scanner support, and my Adobe 8.0 suite.It was at that moment I decided to make a go of it with Linux as my sole operating system. After nearly 2 years of tweaking, making mistakes, fixing those mistakes, and then making even more mistakes, I finally feel qualified to give you advice.In light of this experience, I now present 11 Crucial Things An Ubuntu Newbie Should Know .Commands1. ps A: One of the reasons I hated Windows so much was the task manager. When a program would hang, you d have to open task manager, tell it to kill the program, and wait 5 minutes for the system to kill the application, All the while, it would bog down the processor, hog memory, and be an overall nuisance. 50 of the time, you would have to restart the computer to get the process to clear.Not so in Ubuntu/Linux. All you have to kill a program is open the terminal, and type ps A . This will pull up a list of all the processes currently running, with the name of the program, along with a 4 5 digit number next to it. Then, type kill 9 PN (PN should be substituted with the actual Process Number), and hit enter. 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