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Why Do I need a Business Valuation
A Business valuation is the process applied by a qualified valuation expert to determine the fair market value of an owner's interest in a business. As a current or prospective pharmacy owner, a business valuation will provide you with an analysis of the pharmacy's value along with the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the business. The purpose of this article is to identify the concepts behind valuation in pharmacy as well as the reasons why a valuation would be conducted.
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Posted: 20 May 2008Tech Review - Mobile Devices
For some time, I have been asked by pharmacists as to the use of "these Blackberry devices". This is shortly followed by the phrase; "should I get one?". So I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss some developments in the mobile industry, including some information on the gadgets coming to market in the coming months. Make sure you read this before buying any Christmas presents!
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Posted: 18 December 2007Pharmacy Ownership: Generational Change
As with many major business changes, an unexpected event creates an opportunity which drives the required fundamental and lasting change.
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Posted: 4 September 2007Succession Planning: maximising financial and personal satisfaction
With a significant number of current pharmacists estimated to be over the age of 50; the next ten years will bring about many challenges for pharmacy. The consequent change of owner to a younger generation of pharmacists will, without a doubt, expose the value of succession planning. For many, a succession plan enables the protection of assets and use of business equity to formulate and implement a retirement strategy.
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Posted: 25 July 2007SECTION 1 - IT In Your Personal Life
A colleague and I presented recently at the Pharmacy Snow Business Conference held at Mt Buller and posed a question to the participants: "How many of you know the specifications of your personal computer (PC), either at home or at work?" To my surprise and amazement, one person in the entire room raised their hand. From that point, my discussion changed course from advancements in Information Technology (IT) to UNDERSTANDING YOUR I.T.
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Posted: 6 March 2007SECTION 2 - IT In Your Professional Life
A colleague and I presented recently at the Pharmacy Snow Business Conference held at Mt Buller and posed a question to the participants: "How many of you know the specifications of your personal computer (PC), either at home or at work?" To my surprise and amazement, one person in the entire room raised their hand. From that point, my discussion changed course from advancements in Information Technology (IT) to UNDERSTANDING YOUR I.T.
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Posted: 6 March 2007More Medici Capital Articles
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Value and Price - Are They The SameWhat's the difference between value and price? Surely, the value is what someone is willing to pay for the business! Or is it? And, does the difference justify the investment or matter?
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About The Asking PriceWhat do I do if the asking price for a business for sale is too high?
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Practice Wanted SystemAre you looking to buy a professional practice? If you have been looking to buy a professional practice, but are having difficulty in finding sellers of these businesses, then you can now make use of our Practice Wanted service ... FREE!
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Looking to Sell Your Professional PracticeAre you thinking of selling your professional practice? If you own an accounting practice, financial planning practice, pharmacy practice, or any other professional practice, you can advertise your business for sale, (or partnership opportunity), on Practice4Sale.com.au for only $100.
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Partnership In A Professional PracticeDue to increasing business size and value, and the need for succession planning, owners with viable businesses are seeking junior partners to join them. Likewise up and coming practitioners wish to own larger businesses.
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Looking For A JobAre you looking for a job? Are you interested to see if there are employees looking to hire? Then list the type of job you are looking for, along with any special skills/experience you have and let the employers come to you! Completely anonymous - no personal details are revealed!
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Buying A Business"If you plan to buy an existing business, carefully analyse both the advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that a good business history can increase the likelihood of a successful operation and ensure that finance is easier to obtain. Potential disadvantages can be overestimating the goodwill figure and a poor public image inherited from the previous owner.
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Ask An Expert - Beta VersionOur Ask An Expert website has been re-launched at http://experts.medici.com.au. Medici Capital is a leading authority to health practitioners and stakeholders of the health industry throughout Australia. If you have a question related to owning a practice, practice management, finance, or valuation of a practice, browse our knowledge base for the answer. If you can't find the answer, ask a question for free.
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Job Wanted Service UpdateThank you to all those who have already provided valuable feedback to our Job Wanted Service - your feedback is helping us develop a system that will allow users to advertise their interest in working!
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Pharmacy For Sale Listings2 new pharmacy for sale listings have appeared on Practice4Sale - one on the Gold Coast in QLD and one just outside the Melbourne CBD. Visit Practice4Sale to find out more!
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A New Service at Jobs4Careers - Jobs WantedOnline jobs listing service jobs4careers.com.au is pleased to announce the launch of Jobs Wanted! Unlike anything ever seen on a major online jobs service, Jobs Wanted enables job seekers to advertise for the type of work they are looking for, so that the employers can come to them!
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Business Valuations: PharmacyDifferent circumstances require different business valuations. In pharmacy, re-financing,
new partner acquisition and purchases require different methods of valuation to account
for changes in style of the operation of the business. Medici Capital takes these factors
into account when valuing a pharmacy.
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APP Report 2008Those of you in pharmacy will realise that the recent weekend played host to the APP Conference on the Gold Coast. Jobs4Careers and Practice4Sale were present at the conference and it was fantastic to meet some of our many subscribers and users.
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Practice4Sale and Jobs4Careers at APP 2008Practice4Sale and Jobs4Careers will have a stand this year at APP together with Medici Capital.
Come and see us and let us know your thoughts of how our websites are providing assistance to pharmacy.
Are we hitting the right note? Is there any additional services we could offer? Or would you like
to discuss setting up an Advertiser Profile on our site? Whatever your question (or comment), we
would love to hear from you.
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PHARMeFOOTY - Footy Tipping For PharmacyPHARMeFOOTY is a footy tipping competition specifically for members of the pharmacy industry. If you work in a pharmacy, are a pharmacy professional or pharmacy owner, then join the PHARMeFOOTY footy tipping competition for 2008! Registration is FREE and there are fantastic prizes to be won both overall and round to round - $5000 prize money in total!
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February Report 2008Our website statistics for Jobs4Careers and Practice4Sale have continued to show good growth from January. Job searches were up 43.46% on January to 15,000 Pharmacy Job searches for the month of February. Traffic to the site has truly consolidated Jobs4Careers as the best on-line destination for Australian Pharmacy Jobs: as a job seeker, we have more pharmacy jobs than any other independent job website; as a job lister, we have over 2,000 registered pharmacy users actively searching for jobs on Jobs4Careers.
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Pharmacy Ownership Ready Series 2008Are you trying to find your first pharmacy to buy? Your future success as an owner will be
determined by the actions you take today - buying a pharmacy is no small feat - be prepared
to succeed or to wear the consequences - the
Medici Capital
ownership ready series is aimed to aid pharmacists in the quest for ownership.
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Succession Planning - An OverviewSuccession planning should form part of every business plan: how will ownership of the business change
hands when the time comes.
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January Report 2008The first month of 2008 has come to an end, and our websites (Practice4Sale and Jobs4Careers) are off to a
tremendous start for the new year. January, 2008 has been our biggest month in activity on the website, with
the trend looking to continue based on the early statistics for February 2008.
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Buying a Business is an Important Decision for Young ProfessionalsBuying a practice is a challenge for the inexperienced and young professionals.
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