What to Look For When Buying a Business

What should you look for when buying a business? A business broker, an M&A attorney and an ETA professor walk through what to check before you sign a letter of intent, and what to dig into in due diligence after it: the real cash position, salaries paid below market, the NDA and exclusivity terms, and whether revenue growth is repeatable. One company's revenue looked great until you saw where it came from. 90% of it came from one customer: Tesla. With Reid Tileston (BYU), X Hua (Bridge Financial) and Anthony Panek (Fabian VanCott), at the Utah Small Business Summit & Expo, October 14, 2026. Full panel:    • Buying a Business vs. Starting One | Live ...   Want to buy a business? Join the monthly ETA meeting at iHub in Provo: ihubutah.org/events-calendar