The Challenges Of Exit Planning

The Challenges Of Exit Planning

The Challenges Of Exit Planning Let’s look at some of the challenges people face when they’re trying to work out their exit strategies. The major challenge is usually people just figuring out what they want to do – how to get started. One of the best places to...
Keys That Determine The Value Of Your Business

Keys That Determine The Value Of Your Business

Keys That Determine The Value Of Your Business In this post, I’d like to share some key factors that determine the value of your business. Obviously, profit is number one. You need to show you have some profit in the business. There could be other redeeming factors,...
Two Ways To Value A Business

Two Ways To Value A Business

Two Ways To Value A Business Even though there are many ways to value a business, at the end of the day the business is valued at whatever a buyer is going to pay for it. It’s just like real estate, where the home is sold based on what the buyer will pay. A...
Be Ready For Your Alan Bond

Be Ready For Your Alan Bond

Be Ready For Your Alan Bond It’s easy to understand that, if you’re in a partnership, having an exit strategy would be essential. But what about for people who are sole traders in small businesses that are doing it on their own? Should they wait until they’re ready to...
The Truth About Business Succession And Exit Planning

The Truth About Business Succession And Exit Planning

The Truth About Business Succession And Exit Planning I’ve retired twice. The first time was after I sold my international freight forwarding business. I really had no idea what I was going to do, but I wasn’t ready to retire, so I went into business coaching. That...
Every Family’s Business: Valuation & Insurance, SWOT Analysis

Every Family’s Business: Valuation & Insurance, SWOT Analysis

Every Family’s Business: Valuation & Insurance, SWOT Analysis This is part three of a series in which we’re exploring 12 questions which were developed by Thomas Deans, PhD, to make sure family business develop successful exit strategies. Question #7: In...
Every Family’s Business

Every Family’s Business

Every Family’s Business Every family’s business is something that we haven’t talked about a great deal in many of my blogs, and I think the time is right now to consider it very seriously, simply because of the age of transition that’s...
Every Family’s Business: Determining The Best Exit Strategy

Every Family’s Business: Determining The Best Exit Strategy

Every Family’s Business: Determining The Best Exit Strategy Every family’s business is something that we haven’t talked about a great deal in many of my blogs, and I think the time is right now to consider it very seriously, simply because of the age of...