How to Build Your Business to Attract BuyersCreating a business with the intent to sell demands forward-looking thinkingfrom the very beginning.
ByAnn C. Logue•
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When Loren Bendele started online coupon companySavings.comin 2007, he wondered why traditional paper coupon companies didn't have more of an internet presence. It was a simple idea that filled a niche in an established market.
While his marketing plan initially was designed to attract customers, it also was meant to gain the attention of prospective acquirers--and it did. In June 2012 Bendele sold Savings.com to Cox Target Media, parent company of Valpak, for a reported $100 million.
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