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...
by Stephen Pascarella | Feb 8, 2024 | Exit Planning
Most businesses start with an idea that is brought to market. Customers purchase the product or service, and the business begins to grow. Eventually, if the company grows enough, it will acquire ‘value’. And it is that ‘value’ that a buyer...
by Stephen Pascarella | Feb 7, 2024 | Exit Planning
Business owners considering an exit from their business should consider the negotiations likely to ensue through the process. This newsletter is written to help owners of privately held businesses anticipate and prepare for what lies ahead with an exit transaction...
