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May 1, 2012 | by tomdeans_admin | Business Succession, The Role of Advisors
When the sale of a family business is all about a founder becoming wealthy and their children losing their jobs, you can see why so few ever put themselves in play and sell. The CEO – the Chief Emotional Officer (Mom, and increasingly Dad) – just can’t stand to see the family pull itself apart. […]
Tags: Associations, Best-selling author, Business Broker, Business Owners, Convention Speaker, Dynastic Family, entrepreneurs, estate planning, exit planning, Family business, Inheritance, M&A, professional speaker, Retirement, succession planning, Transition, wills
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February 15, 2012 | by Tom | Business Succession
I was speaking to a friend who owns a successful manufacturing business and asked him when he plans to sell his business”. His response echoed something that I’m hearing more and more from business owners in my audience. “I can’t afford to sell – if I sell and take the proceeds and invest in this […]
Tags: business advisor, business life cycle, business succession planning, Buying a Business, entrepreneurs, estate planning, Every Family's Business, exit planning, family business consultants, family business succession planning, family shareholder agreement, Legacy, Matriarchs, professional speaker, Saving tax, selling your business, succession planning, wills
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April 13, 2011 | by Tom | Business Succession
When the Young Presidents Organization brought me to El Salvador to speak to their newly formed chapter last year, I was both apprehensive and curious to see how my contrarian message on family business succession planning would translate in the Latin culture.
Tags: Best-selling author, business lifecycle, Buying a Business, El Salvador, exit planning, Family business, Matriarchs, professional speaker, San Salvador, Spanish family Business, succession planning, Young President's Organization, YPO
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Family Business Succession Planning