10 Strategies to Minimize the Emotional Toll of Selling Your Business Running a business is stressful. Selling a business can be equally daunting. It’s important to acknowledge and prepare for these changes as a former business owner. There are several similarities between business owners when dealing with company succession plans. There often isn’t a complete succession plan in place. There’s … Read More
How 6 Factors Will Help Your Business Survive and Thrive Through Succession Planning
For many entrepreneurs and business owners, their business represents their single largest asset. Depending upon the size of the business, it likely dwarfs the value of their home or other assets. Like selling your home, to attain the most significant selling price, you will have to invest some upfront time, money and energy into fetching the best asking price possible. … Read More
Do We Have a Responsibility to the Entrepreneurs of Today and Tomorrow?
Being an entrepreneur can be one of the most rewarding and liberating things you can do as a career. Equally valid, being an entrepreneur can be one of the most frustrating and emotional roles you can choose to make a living. Schools are great at teaching you how to succeed when starting a new business, but do these schools properly … Read More
Does the Entrepreneur’s Journey to Greatness Need to be so Damn Lonely?
Do you ever wish you could have an honest conversation with a fellow business owner without judgement? I’m talking a completely candid; no holes barred, these are my deepest and darkest fears kind of conversations. I’ve been doing this entrepreneur thing for 30 years, and over the duration, I’ve experienced many emotions: joy, frustration, pride, anxiety, depression, optimism, sadness, fear. … Read More
10 Ways to Build Wealth in Your Business To Fund Your Exit Strategy
Tips For Business Wealth Management Business owners work hard at perfecting their business to make a living, earn a profit and ultimately sell or transition the business to another group of owners or family members. At the end of the year, our income statements and balance sheets generally indicate whether we were successful. You work incredibly hard to streamline operations, … Read More
The Top 6 Things I Would’ve Done Differently with My First Business
Experience gives us knowledge. Unfortunately, this knowledge can come at a very hefty price. In the case of my Partners and me, it resulted in the bankruptcy of our office furniture business. We did a lot of things right and enjoyed great successes for most of the time I was an owner. We were never afraid of change. In fact, … Read More
You Never Seriously Thought About Selling The Business. Until Now
You Never Seriously Thought About Selling The Business. Until Now Like many of our Clients you may have gone south for the holiday break. You caught up with winter friends. Some sold their businesses a while ago, some sold recently and this is their first “I don’t have to go back” season and others are like you, still thinking about … Read More
How My Last Business Wasn’t a Failure, but Instead a Really Expensive Life Lesson
I want to think my perspective on this subject is unique. In fact, it’s the basis for my current business. I believe that not unlike many business owners, funding my retirement was largely predicated around the success of my former business and how I would transition that business into my golden nest egg. Well, the fact that it was … Read More
How the Individual Pension Plan Helps Business Owners Retire Wealthier?
In life and business, failure teaches us some incredible lessons. Many of the ideas that I talk to business owners about today come from the mistakes that I made in my first business. In one breath, I wish that I could have started my current business 20 years ago, however, if I had not experienced the challenges and hardships experienced … Read More
5 Types of Business Risk Every Business Owner Should Absolutely Prepare For
Ignoring Business Risks Could Mean Disaster for Your Family, Your Retirement, Your Business and Your Employees As business owners, we expect and accept a certain amount of risk. If there weren’t any risk, then everyone would go into business for themselves. Like in life as in running a business, there are smart risks, calculated risks and completely random risks. Some … Read More
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