Exit, Acquisitions & Succession

Exit, Acquisitions & Succession


Are You a Trusted Advisor to Business Owners?
Calling all Lawyers, Accountants, Wealth Managers, and Business Consultants: Are You Missing Out on Big Opportunity?

Wealth Managers Starting To Recognize the Challenges of Helping their Business Owner Clients Exit

I frequently talk to wealth managers who provide an array of services to business owners. They often say they provide ‘succession’ planning, but from what I can see, that discussion has more to do with tax and estate planning than ensuring a  business will actually find a buyer.

What is it Like to Sell Your Business?

It’s the Ride of Your Life, and More.

What’s Keeping You In Your Business?

I was having lunch the other day with an M&A Lawyer and and M&A advisor who sells businesses with EBITDA greater than $5 million. We were comparing notes about why business owners, especially the successful owners, are so reluctant to talk about exiting their business one day.

And the Succession Survey Says: Business Owners Missing Critical Advice

Lawyers, Accountants, Wealth Managers, Insurance agents, Consultants… this is for you.

Are You A ‘Sell Out’ If You Sell Your Business?

When it’s time, will you sell your company? How about when it’s not your time, but it’s the buyer’s time to buy a company just like yours? Will you pull the trigger and sign on the bottom line?

Do You Advise Business Owners? You Need To Know This For Their Sake and Yours

Over on one of the LinkedIn Groups I’m part of, there is a debate going on about who should lead the charge to help business owners with their exits.

Author and Exit Strategist Lorraine McGregor’s Radio Interview with Kerri Salls of Exit This Way

Lorraine McGregor was interviewed about how to make a business saleable on the URBusiness Network by Kerri Salls of Exit this Way.

National Post and Financial Post Tell Business Owners It’s Time to Become Saleable

I am always shocked when I speak to a group of business owners about how to increase the value of their companies before they sell, at the reaction I get when I reveal to them the following statistics:

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Company Growth Quiz

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You will be gone through step-by-step evaluation process that will discover both strong and weak sides of your business. In such a way you will have a second opinion, fresh look at the current situation and as a consequence you will be able to take necessary actions if you think those are good points to apply.

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Is your Company Saleable?

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Every business owner should know if their biggest asset is saleable. Learn inside tips to improve your odds and test yourself.






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