Caroline Morgan
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Firstly, hello from South Africa! 
I'm planning to spend quality time on this forum in future, as there are almost NO Fastlaners to talk to in my peer group, and I need you guys as a "reference point" to make sure my aim stays true.
At the moment, I own 3 small businesses, but one of them (in the IT/Web arena) has always done much better than the others. It's time to offload the two smaller ones.
One of them is easy... I'm closing it down as there's not a big enough market for it to make it viable. It's breaking even financially, but it's a time-sink for me.
The other is a kids party business (spa parties for girls). It's doing well, been going a year, and is sell-able for a small sum. But every time I go to put it on the market, I back off. Scared that the next owner will run it badly, and that it might reflect back onto me - I have a wide network who know it's *my* business, that *I* started.
Anyone else faced this challenge? Any advice?
Should I just stop being a big, whiny scaredy-cat and DO it? Are my worries well-founded, and if so, is there some way to control the potential damage?
Caro
I'm planning to spend quality time on this forum in future, as there are almost NO Fastlaners to talk to in my peer group, and I need you guys as a "reference point" to make sure my aim stays true.
At the moment, I own 3 small businesses, but one of them (in the IT/Web arena) has always done much better than the others. It's time to offload the two smaller ones.
One of them is easy... I'm closing it down as there's not a big enough market for it to make it viable. It's breaking even financially, but it's a time-sink for me.
The other is a kids party business (spa parties for girls). It's doing well, been going a year, and is sell-able for a small sum. But every time I go to put it on the market, I back off. Scared that the next owner will run it badly, and that it might reflect back onto me - I have a wide network who know it's *my* business, that *I* started.
Anyone else faced this challenge? Any advice?
Should I just stop being a big, whiny scaredy-cat and DO it? Are my worries well-founded, and if so, is there some way to control the potential damage?
Caro
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