Building a Business
Starting a Business? You Should Already Be Thinking About Your Exit Strategy. Here’s Why.
Planning for a profitable sale should start even before you open your company.
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Thought Leaders
3 Signs It’s a Smart Time to Sell Your Online Business
Running a company takes one set of skills. Fully capitalizing on beckoning opportunities requires another -- and an awareness of your market.
Thought Leaders
Cashing Out: 3 Tips for Valuing and Preparing Your Business for Sale
The journey from founder to investor is a time where all of your hard work and dedication can bear fruit.
Building a Business
4 Tips for a Happy Exit From the Company You Founded and Love
Selling your startup is something to celebrate. Complaining dishonors the awesomeness of the journey.
By Simon Cohen
Thought Leaders
3 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Setting Up Their Exit
Business owners commonly wait far too long to get the professional help needed to make the best of what they have built.
By Ken Dunn
Thought Leaders
Follow These 8 Steps for Your Next Job After a Startup
The challenge for these entrepreneurs is to know when to exit, and how to do it smoothly.
Thought Leaders
My Post-Acquisition Report Card
Planning your exit through a merger or acquisition takes a lot of study and preparation. Do your homework.
Building a Business
How to Make a Lucrative Business Exit From 5 Entrepreneurs Who’ve Done It
Long before you are ready to sell is the right time to begin getting the business ready to sell.
By Thomas Smale
Business Accounting
The High Costs of Your Exit Strategy
Whether it's a divorce or an M&A transaction, divesting can have lasting effects
By Steph Wagner
Building a Business
The 6 Types of Buyers for Your Business
Educating yourself on each buyer type is one of the first steps in beginning to plan the sale of your company.
Building a Business
Why You Need an Exit Strategy for Your Business
It turns out, without a detailed exit strategy, I have been working harder, not smarter, with no real plan for the end.
Building a Business
Reduce These 9 Startup Risks for a Better Shot at Investor Funding
Entrepreneurs can build leverage during negotiations by addressing these common causes of funders' anxieties.
By Peter Gasca
Sustainability
Nonprofits, and Businesses, Can Be Self-Sustaining. Just Think 100 Years Ahead.
"Everything seems possible in a 100 years, so it's both useful and important to focus the big vision," says the head of a digital agency.
Business Accounting
5 Things Business Owners Should Keep in Mind With Succession Planning
Being properly prepared puts the company leader in the best vantage point even if a sale is not immediately on the horizon.
Building a Business
First Steps: Writing the Executive Summary of Your Business Plan
This quick guide offers tips that will help you create the executive summary for your business plan.
Thought Leaders
3 Reasons I Decided to Leave the Company I Co-Founded
One entrepreneur explains how he came to the difficult decision to step away and leave the company he loves and helped to build.
Building a Business
Why You Should Sell Your Business to an MBA
Search funds can be a strategic option for business owners looking for an exit.
Buying a Franchise
Why It’s Key for Franchisees to Have an Exit Strategy
You may not realize it when you buy a franchise, but franchising is a journey. And, every journey must eventually come to an end.
By Joel Hall
Building a Business
5 Things to Do Before Saying ‘I Do’ to a Business Partner
When you meet a potential partner your personalities may click and your goals may be identical, but to have a successful relationship, clarity is key.
Building a Business
The 7 Due Diligence Basics for Investing in a Startup
There is only so much an investor can due to reduce risk, so be sure to do all of it.
Business Accounting
A Mindset Tune-Up for a Profitable Exit Strategy
Some simple shifts in thinking can help you attract buyers and move toward a profitable deal.
By Carol Roth
Business Accounting
Selling Your Business at Your Price
No matter what valuation method you choose, plan your exit strategy for your company far in advance.
By Jesse Torres
Building a Business
Top 5 Reasons e-Businesses Fail
Learn from the mistakes failed dotcom businesses made so you don't make the same errors when starting your e-business.
Building a Business
The Ethics Coach on Exit Strategy Etiquette
The do's and don't of handling exit strategies and partnerships that have gone sour.
By Gael O'Brien
Building a Business
Maximize the Price of Your Business by Finding a Strategic Buyer
Here are 3 steps to take to find a buyer that's right, and most profitable, for you.
Thought Leaders
U.K. Dad Decides to Give Away His Startup
This entrepreneur isn't interested in selling his startup. His exit strategy is to simply give the business away.
By Jason Fell
Business Accounting
Time to Get Out? Why Now is a Good Time to Sell Your Business.
High stock prices, low interest rates and years of profitability make this year an attractive for an exit strategy.