I’ve heard this a thousand times from business owner clients over almost 40 years I’ve been a business succession planner. I understand - I don’t want to retire and I’m five years older than the age my father retired. For most business owners, you love what you do and you probably feel like Bobby [...]
Years ago I read the following in an article on succession planning in a magazine called Financial Planning: “Sitting on charitable boards is activity, but it is not necessarily work. Not all post-succession activities need to be aimed at generating a concrete result. But for many business-leading clients, results are all that matter. Having [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
“We are built for this” highlights the story of how two people with vastly different personalities and business beliefs found common ground to grow and successfully transition the business from gen 1 to gen 2. Hugh Roberts, Jeff Bannon, Howard and Susan Drake discuss different strategies implemented key to their success and what they [...]
When starting out, business owners are not looking at the end game. Much less is there thought of engaging in succession planning. After all, isn't succession planning for when the end in near? That is where most business owners make their mistake, thinking succession is only about exit strategy, estate planning and retirement. And [...]
Please forgive us for being academic, but in order to fully understand business succession, we are going to define a few terms. First, an often confused first cousin, business continuity or exit planning: As the term describes, business continuity is the continued existence of a business, as in the business continues. An exit planning [...]
Misconception #5 - A Succession Plan Isn't Needed If I Plan to Sell A common misconception is the thought that plans to sell your business negate the need for succession planning. Unfortunately, this thought process couldn't be more wrong, and has a direct impact on the amount of cash you’ll have in your pocket [...]
Misconception #4 - I'm Too Young to Think About Succession Planning Translation: “I am bulletproof and have no intention of dying prematurely; I am not interested in enhancing business productivity, profitability and teamwork; the business is all about me; and I am not interested in protecting the value of my business and the welfare [...]
