As an entrepreneur, freedom of choice and making money are likely a few of the reasons you decided to get into business. Planning for your financial future – separate from the business – is essential to your business health and the financial wealth you desire.
- Have you built strategies to ensure you have the future financial health and wealth you desire?
- What about the financial foundation that will allow you to flex and be agile in times of change?
You can start planning for your personal financial goals and dreaming about how to live the life you wish without “needing” the business to make that happen.
Here are three key questions to consider as you start this part of the growth journey. Specifically, if you make the decision to sell your business or divest a portion of your portfolio:
- What happens once I receive the money from a business sale? It is all about planning! Partner with your team of advisors to determine what you need for the short term, and consider things such as taxes, mortgage payments, college tuition/expenses for your children, charitable causes, etc. After you have determined what you need, then determine what you want. It might be a new toy, house, or investing in a different business venture.
- How complex is it to redeploy money from a business sale into something new? Redeployment of capital is often popular when a business owner decides to sell. The biggest challenge is making the mental and cultural shift from running and managing the business to managing your investments.
- Once an Acquisition is complete, how should I approach my personal financial planning? Most important is to assess and reassess. Depending on where you have deployed your capital, determine if it is for security, or risk, or both, and build a plan around it.
Purposeful personal financial planning and establishing goals for your future financial wealth is a critical part of how you build strategies to grow your business. For more insight into these questions, listen to the “Grow Your Business and Net worth” episode of our Succession Palooza series focused on Succession, Growth, and Acquisitions.
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The article was originally published on the Franchising.com website: Purposeful Personal Financial Planning
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