When it comes to financing your business growth, you might feel stuck between two tough choices: selling shares to raise cash, or borrowing money from a bank. Selling shares means giving up some of your valuable equity, while bank loans can be expensive and often...
If you’re a business owner with aspirations to sell one day, the path forward can be overwhelming. There are many questions to consider including: Who should own your business after you? How long does it take to prepare your business for sale? What can you do...
Business owners! Make your organization less dependent on you— and more valuable! In my new book, The Business Transition Handbook, I write about several owner succession pitfalls and how to mitigate these risks. Owner dependency is the first topic that I cover!...
Laurie Barkman, the business transition sherpa, talks with Rick Vanasse, advisory board chair with Vistage, about strategies for business owners to maximize the value of their company anticipating a future ownership transition. “Laurie Barkman is just one...
l PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Every owner will leave their business one day, but few are prepared. In her new book, The Business Transition Handbook: How to Avoid Succession Pitfalls and Create Valuable Exit Options, author Laurie Barkman provides a...
Exiting your business is a process not an event. Learn essential information how to maximize the value of your business and create exit options. Many business owners want to stop working in their business in the next several years, but most have not planned for that...