3 Challenges Owners Face in Achieving a Successful Exit
Is your client really ready to exit your business? Here’s how to help them plan for that eventuality.
Exit Planning for Family Business
Like any life project, the transition of a family business requires great rigor to allow the departing owner to achieve his or her desired goals. These key steps will lead you to a successful transfer.
New Feature: Departments and LOE for Quarterly Plan
Value Scout’s planning framework exists at two levels: annual and quarterly. And our philosophy continues to be that details are fuzzier at the annual level and more granular for quarterly plans. So at the annual level, we track objectives that have an estimated enterprise value associated but not super granular detail. On the other hand, …
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How Does A Startup Grow? A Guideline for Entrepreneurs
Start-ups worth billions are called unicorns – and some of them have achieved their status in record time. However, a comparison shows that it also took longer for some companies.
How to Increase the Exit Value of Your Small Business
Increasing the value of your small business depends most on “soft” factors that take time and effort to yield significant benefits.
Benefits of Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions confer multiple benefits: tax cuts, talent, market dominance, etc. Read further to understand how businesses have benefited from them.
10 Risks Affecting Business Value in Small Companies
Equipped with knowledge, the shareholder can act before a planned company sale to minimize or eliminate factors that reduce the company’s value.
8 Steps to Prepare Your Lower MM Company for an Exit
If you are toying with the idea of selling your company, you should set the right course well in advance. Otherwise, there is an acute risk that the sales proceeds will be lower than expected or worse:
Compensation Incentive Plans Boost Company Value
Incentive compensation plans may involve stock or cash and enable companies to attract and retain top talent with an eye toward mutual, long-term benefit.
Exit: Part 5 of the Exit Planning 2.0 Framework
When the value creation part of exit planning succeeds, the transition to actually selling the business begins.