What’s Your Greatest Challenge in Exiting Your Business?

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Is Your Business Ready for You to Leave? Last week I post a question, “What's Your Greatest Challenge in Exiting Your Business?”, on LinkedIn.  My intent was to get some feedback before writing the next few weeks’ posts on “exit/succession … [Read more...]

3 Questions You Must Answer to Successfully Exit Your Business

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I attend a lot of meetings and seminars focused on exit planning.  But, most fall short because they only focus on the transactional portion of the process. In fact, if you follow the advice that I’ve been posting for more than 2 ½ years now, … [Read more...]

1 Simple Question Can Change You Into an Entrepreneur

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I was at a networking event this morning for business transition planning.  The statistics were shocking as to how few small business owners really think about transition planning, or more traditionally referred to as exit planning. As the … [Read more...]

Entrepreneurs Build an Asset NOT Just a Job

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I picked this topic because I am up to my neck in interviews this week.  A client finally admitted he didn’t want to do his job any more so we are trying to find his replacement.  An example of how many small business owners start a business for … [Read more...]

#1 Reason Exit Planning Is So Critical When Starting Your Business

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One of the first questions I ask clients when I start working with them is “what is your strategy to exit your business?”  Most of them say “I don’t know” or more frequently “I am just getting started, why would I think about how I will … [Read more...]