In our practice, we've found that many business owners and executives take a more transactional rather a planning approach to their exit strategy or their next career move. They are often juggling other business priorities. Importantly, they may not have prepared themselves mentally for taking this major step. Our early involvement in the process can help business owners optimize the value of their future liquidity event and help executives enhance their career success.
Your strategic exit
When you’ve invested so much time, energy and passion into building your business, stepping away from it can be one of the most difficult decisions you’ll ever make. With two Certified Exit Planning Advisors (CEPA) on our team, we understand what you may need to exit strategically—and confidently—from your business. We believe we can add value to your strategy as well as insight throughout the decision-making process.
Family business succession
Like any business, family businesses face challenges in planning transitions of ownership and management. In fact, industry experts estimate that about 30% of family businesses remain active through the second generation of ownership and 10% through the third.1 We have the insight and resources to help you weigh each solution—from gifting or selling to family members to strategies that provide you with retirement income and let you transfer the business at a discount, saving estate and gift taxes.
1 Craig Aronoff, Family Business Consulting Group, thefbcg.com/Family-Business-Survival—Understanding-the-Statistics, accessed February 20, 2017.