FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING OPTIONS - IS SELLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE ONLY OPTION? (NOT!!) - AN EVENT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Many successful family businesses want to continue the journey of private enterprise, despite the inevitable aging of the founder. A sale to an “outsider” might be the least attractive option for some. What options are there to keep the business in the family, in some way, yet sustain its growth and wealth creation across generations? This discussion will explore the options and how to accomplish them through planning and execution, with advisors and owners who have successfully navigated next-generation succession.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore how family-run businesses can successfully transition to family-owned businesses for the long-term. (Family PE Model)
- Explore other ways to plan succession of the family business, without completely walking away from the benefits that it provides.
- Hear from owners of family businesses who have been successful in long-term, multi-generational ownership of the family business.
- Learn how planning this way creates lots of future flexibility for the family owners.
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Who Should Attend?
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Business Owners & Their Trusted Advisors
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Business Owners
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Other Business Professionals
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Business Consultants
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Professional Advisors
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Members of Family Business Boards
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Private Business Owners
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Other Professional Advisors
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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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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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Insurance Professionals
Exit planning addresses the 5 D's. So do you. Approach the risk conversation differently with exit planning.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
EXIT PLANNING IS GOOD BUSINESS STRATEGY
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