Buyout : The Insider's Guide to Buying Your Own Company

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Summary: The Definitive Work in Management Led Buyouts
Review: Rick Rickertsen's book is an excellent read. His explanations, examples and real life experience provide a powerful tool for today's Executives.

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Summary: A fun read and an excellent reference book
Review: Rickersten presents a wonderful guide on the financial and legal aspects of the leverage buyout process. Any young person interested in M & A or Private Equity should keep this book in his or her desk. The book provides the reader with sample contracts and capital structure, which would be easy for anyone to grasp. Pick it up, its a great reference

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Summary: Good How to Book
Review: Rickersten presents a wonderful guide on the financial and legal aspects of the leverage buyout process. Any young person interested in M & A or Private Equity should keep this book in his or her desk. The book provides the reader with sample contracts and capital structure, which would be easy for anyone to grasp. Pick it up, its a great reference

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Summary: For the big fish.
Review: Rickertsen presents a comprehensive overview of a management buyout. Before you buy the book, you should know that he is talking about larger companies, and he is talking about fairly senior executives buying them. (One of his examples of a successful buyout manager is Roger Ballou who ran the travel part of American Express.)If you are looking for a company with $5 million in revenues, you may find valuable information here, but you will likely find other books, targeting a smaller company, more appropriate.

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Summary: Add to your "must read" business book list
Review: Rickertsen succinctly sums up everything you need to know about leading a buyout. This book gives you confidence and guidance - like a personal counselor. The stories are particularly interesting. The appendices are an added bonus and the book's web site offers additional resources to help you move forward with a management buyout.

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Summary: A 'real world' business book
Review: This is a book from the real world that business students should read. I found this book tremendously readable. The lessons that Rick has learned are enjoyable and entertaining--while teaching the reader valuable lessons about business and buyouts.

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Summary: Very Informative & Very Readable
Review: This is a very readable, perhaps the most readable, business book that I have ever read. More importantly, it provides great insight into what can be a very complicated and mind numbing topic. I would recommend that any person interested in starting a new business read it cover to cover!