What's your move if you lose a top supplier, lose one of your largest customers, or can no longer borrow from your current lender?
Join us for an informative workshop that aims to prepare your business for potential economic turbulence. With the last several years behind us, it is essential to consider how your company would adapt if such a situation were to occur again. This workshop will cover various topics, including how different parties may interpret your company's financials, strategies for preparing for economic uncertainty, and proactive measures to minimize risk and optimize value. Don't miss this opportunity to learn valuable insights that can help safeguard your business's future success.
Learning Objectives:
- Prepare your business for unpredictable events.
- Learn how to minimize risk and optimize value.
- Learn best practices from others.
About the Presenter:
Hear from industry expert, Ken Segal, Partner and head of Business Advisory Group at LGA, LLP.
Event Details
Who Should Attend?
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Wealth Managers
You’re a skilled relationship person. Being entangled into your clients’ professional lives matters as you build a strategy to manage their wealth upon them harvesting it from their business. Exit planning allows you to build a deeper relationship with your client, expands your COI network, while giving you an early seat at table well before the liquidity event.
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CPAs/Accountants
Owners participating in the State of Owner Readiness research continue to indicate that you are the No. 1 "Most Trusted Advisor." You are a natural fit to lead the exit planning team and deepen your relationship (and retention) of next generation owners.
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Attorneys
You have close relationships with clients, and can benefit from being the first advisor to introduce the idea of exit planning.
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Financial Advisors
One of the critical ‘legs of the stool’ is personal financing planning. An owner must have a strong financial plan & contingency plan post-transition to enable them to thrive in the next act of the lives personally and financially. Exit planning brings this future mindset into the present. Exit is now.
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Valuation Analysts
Valuation is both a billable engagement AND an opportunity to provide owners some perspective on how to accelerate value drivers (and deal with value killers). Use exit planning to make that valuation into a longer term value acceleration engagement.
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Investment Bankers
Only 2 of every 10 businesses that come to market actually sell. Learn how exit planning can bring attractive AND ready business to your purview.
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Estate Planners
Exit planning is a natural fit for estate planners who want to operate more holistically with their owner clients.
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Strategic Consultants
One of the most critical roles in exit planning is building transferable value. Strategic consultants have the ability to expand options and drive rapid business value that affect performance today.
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Insurance Professionals
Exit planning addresses the 5 D's. So do you. Approach the risk conversation differently with exit planning.
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Mergers & Acquisition Advisors
Proper exit planning causes less deals to fall through at the last minute. Connect with CEPAs to build your healthy deal flow network.
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Commercial Lenders
One of the best relationships a business owner makes is with their banker. How can you help your corporate clients think about the future and ensure financial continuity? Answer: exit planning.
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Family Business Advisors
More than 50% of lower middle market business owners would prefer to transition to the next generation. Help them succeed with exit planning strategies.
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Other Professional Advisors
Regardless of your unique specialty, there is seat at the exit planning table for you. Learn more at www.EarnCEPA.com.
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Private Business Owners
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Members of Family Business Boards
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Other Business Professionals
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Professional Advisors
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Business Consultants
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Business Owners
EXIT PLANNING IS GOOD BUSINESS STRATEGY
The Exit Planning Institute, provides Financial Advisors, Accountants, Consultants, and other advisors of business owners with the critical education to differentiate themselves and add value to their existing client relationships through a credential, conference, courses, and content. Download the CEPA brochure for more information.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Learning Objectives:
Ken joined LGA in 2020 as a Partner to lead the firm’s business advisory services group. Ken has over 25 years of experience assisting businesses and their owners maximize enterprise value, while minimizing risk. Ken accomplishes this by performing financial and operational assessments of a business to identify the key drivers of their success. He then uses this data to build robust financial models that are utilized by the owners and management to drive performance with definitive and specific benchmarking of their success along their growth track. The results speak for themselves, with businesses that are prepared to respond to internal and external factors that either accelerate or interfere with growth, while leveraging the tools and insights developed to timely pivot to ensure continued success. Ken also has extensive experience assisting businesses with evaluating debt and equity structures, sourcing financing, due diligence and exit planning.
