Goal Setting – You Can’t Exit Without It!

Business owners leave their companies under many different circumstances and each owner’s vision of the next chapter of their life is unique. But all have some common objectives when eventually exiting their business: To leave their business in the hands of successors you choose To leave on a date you pick To leave with the …

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The Most Efficient Way to Plan Your Exit – and Reap Benefits Today

As a successful business owner, you’ve likely considered the day you’ll exit your company and what the next chapter of your life will look like. Although many business owners consider it, far too few start planning with enough lead time to exit on their terms. Exit planning is a complex process that truly can never …

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Developing and Retaining Key Employees

#2 in a series of three articles on Key Employees Having the right people in the right positions is critical to the success of a business. This is especially true for those who are considered “key” employees, and key employees are critical to a successful exit strategy. My last blog, Finding and Hiring Key Employees, …

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Finding and Hiring Key Employees

#1 in a Series of Three Articles on Key Employees Every business owner knows the importance of having the right people in the right positions. When that’s the case, your company has a cohesive culture, continuity of vision, seamless operations, and forward motion. Obstacles and struggles are few. Having the right people is especially critical …

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Make This the Year You Start Your Exit Plan

Most business owners are counting on the proceeds from the sale of their business, upon their exit, to maintain the security of their lifestyle. Yet a study by business transition specialists, ROCG, revealed that no more than 33% of businesses actually complete the sales process and that only 42% of study participants had formal exit …

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5 Steps Toward Building Business Value

Planning for the eventual exit from your business and the transfer of its ownership involves creating objectives about what you want to do personally – whether pursuing another business endeavor or retiring – and whether you’ll be financially prepared to exit on your terms and provide your family with the lifestyle you want for them. …

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Exit Planning Peer Advisory Board = Success Now and Later

As a successful business owner, it may have crossed your mind that one day you may want to retire, sell the company or transition the business to a trusted insider. Doing this successfully, and on your terms, takes planning.  When navigating the complex process of exit planning, there is success in numbers! Consider joining our …

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Could a Successful Exit Be Out of Your Reach?

Many business owners, even though they eventually develop an exit plan, start the process too late to allow themselves the years they need to evaluate, cultivate and protect the value of their business. Don’t let that happen to you. In a study by business transition specialists, ROCG, 84% of survey respondents indicated that, upon their …

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Unique in Its Purpose and Benefits: The Peer Advisory Board on Exit Planning

Traditionally a “Board” has existed to direct, govern, guide or steer an organization, whether nonprofit or business. But in recent years the term has evolved to include Peer Advisory Boards (PABs) which exist for the purpose of helping CEOs and owners of companies direct their own business. It’s unlike a traditional board in that participants …

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The Value in Joining a Board on Exit Planning

Successfully exiting your business will likely prove to be the single largest financial transaction of your life – and a transition you’ll want to accomplish on your own terms. But planning for this event is a complex process. To help navigate the process, consider joining our exit-planning-focused Peer Advisory Board (PAB). This exclusive membership of …

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