ONLINE EDUCATION OPTIONS
The Exit Planning Institute (EPI) offers an opportunity to enhance your knowledge of exit planning while earning continuing education credits through our virtual webinars. These online sessions feature engaging and informative content presented by various experts in the field.
Continuing Education: Current CEPAs who attend an EPI Webinar will earn 1 EPI CE Credit for attending the live session. The CE Credit from attending will be added to your CE Tracker within five business days. Sessions attended by phone cannot be automatically tracked, so members should self-submit these sessions to receive CE Credit.
Upcoming Webinars

Diagnose, Then Build: An Operating Model for Owner-Independent Government Contractors
This session hosted by Robert Jones introduces the Enterprise Readiness Operating Model, the diagnostic behind it, and the accountability system that keeps progress from stalling once the report is delivered.

Why Successful Entrepreneurs Are Reconsidering Their Advisors — and How CEPAs Can Lead the Next Conversation
In this session hosted by John J. Bowen Jr. of CEG, shows why entrepreneurs still value human judgment yet will change advisors when advice is fragmented, reactive, or portfolio-centered.

The Risk That’s Quietly Crushing the Value of Your Company
In this session hosted by Morgan Ervin and Patrick Howell, we’ll show how to uncover what traditional valuation assessments can miss by examining five critical areas of the business: culture, customers, product, financial model, and value.

Only 4% of Business Owners have No Intention of Leaving their Financial Advisor after they Sell: Learn How You Can Use that in Your Favor!
Join this webinar to learn how you can grow your business larger than you may have ever anticipated by becoming a magnet for business owners during their exit.

5 New Rules for Getting Found Online and How AI Can Help With That
In this session hosted by Darin Adams, viewers will learn the 5 new rules every small business owner needs to know right now.

How CEPAs Can Write, Publish & Promote a Bestselling Book to Win Clients and Grow Their Practice in 90 Days
Steve Gordon — bestselling author of 5 books and founder of Million Dollar Author — shares the framework he’s used to help 370+ professionals publish books that attract better clients, command higher fees, and create inbound opportunities without cold outreach or networking.

CEPA Plus: Benefits, Tools, and How to Get the Most from Your Membership
Join the Exit Planning Institute®’s Member Experience Representatives Ryan Beltz and Emily Hoffner for a focused session on the CEPA Plus tier. This tier is designed for CEPAs who are ready to move from understanding the methodology to actively applying it.
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The Other Side of the Exit: From Value Built to Value Realized
This session explores what is on the other side of the exit. Most exit planning engagements are built around getting to the closing table: valuation, deal structure, negotiation, financing, due diligence.

Discoverable by Default: Where Client Data Goes When You Put It Into AI
This session will leave you with a standard for what belongs in an AI tool and what never should, plus the questions to ask a vendor before an owner's financials go anywhere near it.

Maximizing Business Owner Liquidity Events to Attract High-Net-Worth Clients and Drive AUM
In this session with David Vorhoff, we’ll discuss how advisors can work alongside an investment banking partner to help owners maximize the value of their businesses while creating a thoughtful path for managing the resulting wealth.

How to Get Your Exit-Planning Clients Approved for Residential Mortgages - Before and After the Exit
In this session hosted by Maxwell Lloyd, you'll learn how reading actual business cash flow, or accumulated assets, opens doors that traditional lenders consistently close for your most successful clients.

Healthcare: The Gut Punch to the Exit Plan
Join Elizabeth Gavino as she discusses real cases, real numbers, and the questions worth asking three years before the sale instead of sixty days after.

When Does a Sale Lease Back Make Sense
In this webinar hosted by Bill Himmelstein, learn how to execute your own SLB prior to selling your business to ensure maximum return for both the real estate and the business.

The Trust Collapse: Why Owners Are Choosing Advisors Differently Than They Did Two Years Ago
In this session, Steve Gordon shares what the research says, what is working for the advisors still closing, and the moves that make expertise provable instead of merely claimed.

Tax Savings on the Exit
In this session Nick Guida will be covering strategies that can help reduce the tax burden upon the exit.

Modernizing for the Next Generation: An HVAC Business Case Study in Succession, Technology, and Enterprise Value
In this case study hosted by Laura Baker, we'll follow a fictitious HVAC company through a year of digital transformation, showing how reducing technology risk, modernizing operations, strengthening cybersecurity, and adopting smart technologies can increase enterprise value and position the business for a successful family transition.

Save the Date - ON24 - 2026 EPI Webinar - 2026-11-24
Join the Exit Planning Institute for our 2026 Webinar Series! Current CEPAs can earn 1 EPI CE Credit for attending live sessions. CE Credits will be added to your CE Tracker within five business days after participation. Please note: Attendance via phone cannot be automatically tracked, so members must self-submit these sessions to receive credit.

QSBS in Action: Planning, Executing, and Maximizing QSBS
This session hosted by Brady Weller is built for those working with businesses owners who could exit via a stock sale in the future, and who need a framework for turning QSBS knowledge into action ahead of a transaction.

Life Insurance Through the Lens Of The Three Gates
This session hosted by Kate Seastone maps life insurance onto the three gates. Attendees leave with a one-page insurance de-risking checklist for any owner engagement.

SETARA: The Tax Strategy You Must Know for Your Business Owner Clients
In this webinar, we will discuss why Exit Planners who also provide financial and retirement guidance are uniquely positioned to create deeper client relationships and deliver more comprehensive planning solutions through SETARA (Self-Employed Tax and Retirement Analysis).

Save the Date - ON24 - 2026 EPI Webinar - 2026-12-10
Join the Exit Planning Institute for our 2026 Webinar Series! Current CEPAs can earn 1 EPI CE Credit for attending live sessions. CE Credits will be added to your CE Tracker within five business days after participation. Please note: Attendance via phone cannot be automatically tracked, so members must self-submit these sessions to receive credit.

The Auction Trap: Why Curated M&A Beats the Wide Auction Approach in Wealth Management
This session hosted by Allen Darby challenges the conventional auction model and introduces a targeted, curated approach to wealth management M&A built on deep buyer intelligence, cultural alignment, and disciplined deal advocacy rather than sheer volume of bidders.

The Advisor Who Owns the Ownership Years
This session hosted by Matt Hertig makes the case for the practice that sits between now and the exit: an ownership-years strategy the advisor runs with every business-owner client, every year, across four connected disciplines.

Designing Workplace Benefits as a Strategic Driver of Enterprise Value and Owner Readiness
This session reframes workplace benefits as a strategic lever that strengthens enterprise value by improving talent attraction, retention, and operational stability.

Structured Installment Sales: Deferring the Capital Gains Bill Before the Deal Closes
This session covers the mechanics: how the payment stream is designed around what the seller actually needs after closing, how the obligation is assigned away from the buyer so default and reinvestment risk are removed, and where the strategy fits among the other approaches an owner is likely to hear about. It also covers timing, because eligibility turns on the sale not yet being binding.


