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Five (5) Truisms About Small Businesses that Hinder Growth and Exit Goals (and how to overcome them)
Many successful business owners try to answer the question, ‘How do I get my company to the next level?’. Many owners exhaust themselves and their resources each year, pushing their businesses to perform at higher and higher levels. However, there are a number of ‘truisms’ about small business that, once understood and accepted, can make the growth (and transition) process more effective.
Exit Thinking – Is Your Business a ‘Consumption’ or an ‘Accumulation’ Asset?
At a certain point in time, a successful business owner stops thinking about all the day-to-day operations and the strategic planning for the company’s execution in the marketplace and starts to think about the future ownership and who will own and run their business after them. When considering your personal goals, it is helpful to identify whether your business is an accumulation asset or a consumption asset.
Private vs. Public Securities, Exiting Means Liquidity
This newsletter is written to highlight the differences between public ‘liquid’ and private ‘illiquid’ securities.
Creating A Transferable Business™ Understand and Evaluate Your Industry Transfer Statistics
Having an understanding of how and for how much money businesses like yours transfer in the marketplace is a critical piece of the overall formula for Creating a Transferable Business™. Today’s newsletter takes a closer look at this important topic to further the process of having you think through the transferability of your business in light of the industry in which you currently exist.
Creating a Transferable Business™ Review and Act Upon Your Company’s Relative Performance
Business owners who are thinking about the future of their companies will often ask the question, “Who will own my business after me?” On the path to answering this question, these owners need to consider another very important question, namely – “Is My Company Transferable to another owner?” Today’s newsletter addresses this important issue by providing guidance on what may drive the value of your business so in the event that you need to increase your value prior to your exit and in the process of Creating a Transferable Business™.