Exit Planning is about a holistic approach with an equal focus on blending business, personal, and financial goals. Business owners tend to focus more on their business goals than their personal or personal financial goals. However, when these three goals are aligned, they provide the owner with more value in each. By having set goals for their business in terms of value growth, business owners have a target in mind from the onset of their business.
Join EPI on August 3 at 1:00 PM for a free webinar exploring owner readiness statistics pertaining to business planning.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of Owner Readiness and the impact of proper business planning
- Explore Exit Planning Institute Research and learn how to incorporate it into your advisory practice
- See how organized business planning can improve business value and exit readiness
Recommended Reading:
Before joining us for this webinar, we recommend you read our latest State of Owner Readiness Research to fully immerse yourself in trending owner statistics.
View all reports here: www.OwnerReadiness.com
Event Details
Who Should Attend?
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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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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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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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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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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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Other Professional Advisors
Regardless of your unique specialty, there is seat at the exit planning table for you. Learn more at www.EarnCEPA.com.
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 PRESENTERS
SCOTT SNIDER
President of Exit Planning Institute
Scott Snider is the President of the Exit Planning Institute (EPI) and the Operating Partner of Snider Premier Growth, a small family investment company. Scott is a nationally recognized industry leader, growth specialist, and lifetime entrepreneur. He launched his first business at the age of 17. At 24, he sold to a strategic buyer (his first “exit”) and joined his father’s, Chris Snider, private exit planning and M&A firm Aspire Management. At the time, the firm was looking to dominate Northeast Ohio’s exit planning space.
With their passion for business strategy and serving owners and advisors alike, Scott and his father Chris purchased the Exit Planning Institute (EPI), introduced the Value Acceleration Methodology, wrote an award-winning book called Walking to Destiny, and effectively increased the business size by 10x.
As an exited business owner himself, Scott’s passion is helping business owners create significant companies while aligning their personal financial plans and helping the owner find and tap their personal purpose. He and his EPI team achieve this through educating professional advisors who surround the business owner during this journey. Creating not only significant companies but significant teams and outcomes.
Outside of business, Scott is active inside of the Northeast Ohio community. He serves on various boards including America SCORES Cleveland and the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program at St. Edward High School. Scott is a former professional indoor soccer player and team owner in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL).
As the Manager of Strategic Relationships, Josh Koza is responsible for the growth and development of those partners within the EPI community. At EPI, Josh builds and preserves relationships with top CEPAs and partners. He works to connect them with existing resources and products, as well as curating custom offerings tailored to their specific needs.
Josh is passionate about relationship building and critical problem-solving. When a need arises, he leans on his experience from both EPI’s Member Experience team and Business Development team to find solutions that deliver significant value to our partners.