Discover the best among various small business owner retirement strategies to prepare for the sale of your company upon retirement.
Category: Exit Planning
What Sellers Can Expect Before the Closing Date
As the closing date for the sale of your business gets closer, you’ll have a checklist of items to complete and mixed emotions to prepare for. Learn more here.
Adjusted EBITDA: How It Can Impact the Value of Your Business
Get a deeper look at adjusted EBITDA, what it can tell you about your business, and how you can best use it moving forward.
Choosing Your Small Business Exit Strategy: The Ultimate Guide
Get an in-depth look at the most common exit strategies available to small business owners as well as some business exit strategy pitfalls to avoid.
6 Good Reasons Why You Should Sell Your Business
Discover six good reasons why you should sell your business. Plus, learn how to set yourself up for the best chance of success.
What Is Business Exit Planning and Who Needs to Do It?
Get a lesson on business exit planning, the steps (and time frame) involved with the process, and how to determine if an exit strategy is right for you.
Will Selling Your Business Fund Your Retirement?
Learn how to determine if selling your business will fund your retirement with these pro tips so you can start planning now.
39 Questions to Ask When Selling a Business
Not sure what questions to ask when selling a business? Consider this your checklist, conveniently broken down into several categories.
3 Lessons Learned From A Decade In M&A
There’s something about the ten-year mark that makes one pause and look inward. I’m not sure the exact day I set foot in the M&A industry. Perhaps it was the day in 2005, when Chris and I started talking about selling our own business. Or maybe it was the day in...
Why M&A People Make Me Cranky [Interview]
I first met Josh Patrick in 2009 when I was writing a blog for the New York Times. We quickly connected based on our shared attitudes around small business -- namely the need for owners to create a business with transferrable value, and to be more proactive about...
Book Review: Finish Big by Bo Burlingham
If you’ve ever perused Amazon.com or your local bookstore looking for information on how to exit your business, you’ve probably come up with a short list of resources. While there are countless titles about starting and running a business, there are precious few that...
The Hidden Skill Behind Successful Business Exits
If you talk to anyone who has known me for longer than an hour, they’ll most likely tell you that I gave them a book recommendation. As an English major, former bookstore manager, and avid reader I can’t resist trying to put books and people together. I secretly judge...