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Selling to Employees: Exit Planning for Small Business Part 4

Selling to employees is one method of transition that is growing rapidly in popularity. Usually the  driving motivation is a desire to help the people who got you this far enjoy some of the benefits of ownership, but there is … Continue reading

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Exiting a Small Business Part 1

Owners who are exiting a small business are often stymied by the range of choices in exit planning. Most literature on the topic discusses seven or eight avenues to exit. A sale to a third party can be to an … Continue reading

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  1. Dan Paxton says:

    As usual, great input from the experienced one!

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Manage Activities; Lead for Results

A few weeks ago I posted a comment in the Business Journals Leadership Trust Forum about a life lesson I learned regarding the difference between effort and outcomes. They reached out and asked if I could expand my comments a … Continue reading

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Is Google Making Us Stoopid?

As an Exit Planner, most of my engagements involve assessing a management team. They may be the intended buyers of the company, or else they are key factors in the saleability of the business. The biggest and most frequent complaint … Continue reading

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  1. Herb Troutz says:

    great article John. Hope you are doing well.

  2. Ron Bento says:

    Excellent article, John! You are so right – skipping steps is like not building a foundation. Simply getting to the answer is like not addressing the problem. Thanks for your insights.

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Ambiguity Kills Value

Ambiguity kills value. That was a key point in a white paper from Orange Kiwi that I read over the holidays. Taken from the PhD thesis of Dr. Allie Taylor, the paper describes the psychological profile of  entrepreneurs, and their historical … Continue reading

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