by Stephen Pascarella | May 1, 2024 | Exit Planning
When looking back at why you built the business you did, it is important to consider the benefits you wanted to receive. What you may not have forecasted in your initial aspirations were the burdens that would accompany your success. Business owners carry with them...
by Stephen Pascarella | Apr 3, 2024 | Exit Planning
When considering who will own your business after you, it is critically important that you are able to see that your future owner will face the same challenges that you face and will be looking for the same reward that you are looking for from the ownership of your...
by Stephen Pascarella | Apr 3, 2024 | Exit Planning
Most business owners who are asked about their exit plans will reply that they want to exit their business ‘in about 5 years’. Oftentimes, 5 years later, the same owner will give the same answer to the same question. In reality, the 5-year window is a subconscious...
by Stephen Pascarella | Mar 6, 2024 | Exit Planning
Business owners who are thinking about exiting their business will often want to compare their potential exits to other owners who have been through an exit. A potential problem in trying to analyze someone’s exit process is that the results, not the process, are...
by Stephen Pascarella | Mar 6, 2024 | Exit Planning
There is an old saying that ‘You cannot manage what you cannot measure.’ Therefore, most businesses run on metrics. As business owners, we want to know how much, how soon, how efficient, productive, intelligent, and how to measure all of our business...