Exit Strategy Planning

This book shows the owners of private businesses how to plan for the most important event in their business lives - a successful exit from their businesses. It is unique because it is written from the owner's point of view, bringing together in one place all you need to know about planning for this key event.

For private business owners, managing a successful exit from their business is one of the most important events in their business lives. This book shows you how to do so with the minimum of fuss and maximum return. It is unique because the author writes from the owner's point of view, bringing together in one place all you need to know about planning this complex process. Exit Strategy Planning emphasises the need to place exit planning on a firm foundation, with taxation planning and business continuity planning providing the basis to ensure a smooth transition that will yield the maximum return. The first three parts of the book ('Laying the Foundations', 'Choosing your Exit Strategy' and 'Preparing and Implementing your Plans') present a best practice approach to this complex subject. Here the book highlights the importance of planning, often several years in advance, and explains the need to make the business 'investor ready' by identifying and removing impediments to sale. Part 3 culminates in a step-by-step guide to producing and implementing your Master Exit Strategy Plan. Following on from this the extensive appendices in Part 4 discuss in detail each of the exit options open to you (many of which you have probably never considered) and show how to choose the optimum exit route. Exit Strategy Planning is a book that will do more than save you time and money now and in the future; it will help you to maximise on what may well be a lifetime's investment.

Choosing an exit strategy for your business might not seem like an obvious step when you're just getting started, however planning ahead is an important part of building a business. An exit strategy is a plan for how you will eventually leave the business. It also includes details on what will happen to the enterprise after you have left. This book has lots of "what to do"; "how to do" and "why to do". You will learn how to sell your business for a lot more than you thought possible. There are far more sellers than buyers so you need to know how to make your business the most attractive one. You need to know how to get the best after-tax price with the least risk. Let this book take you through the process and even shows you where to find buyers. For buyers of construction companies, you need to know what to look for in a business. You need to fall in love with profits not with the business. Let this book enlighten you!

The most viable exit strategies for owners of mid-sized companies For many business owners, cashing out of a business is a lifelong dream. For some, exiting a business can be a nightmare. Business Exit Planning: Options, Value Enhancement, and Transaction Management for Business Owners provides a comprehensive view of what every business owner needs to know to plan and execute a business exit. The book Includes 30 relevant mini-case studies on business exit planning and transaction management, as well as a glossary of frequently used technical terms Details options for those owners who no longer want to be active in the business, as well as for those who want to remain invested Covers a wide range of topics related to business exit planning and transaction management, including IPO, MBO, refinancing, ESOPs, building an exit team, business plan and valuation, due diligence, and estate planning Regardless of whether a business owner seeks an immediate exit or a staged exit over time, Business Exit Planning provides a comprehensive strategy and road map to define exit-related objectives.

Written by John Leonetti—attorney, wealth manager, merger and acquisition associate, and fellow exiting business owner in his own right—Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth will guide you in thoughtfully planning out your exit options as well as helping you analyze your financial and mental readiness for your business exit. Easy to follow and essential for every business owner, this guide reveals how to establish an exit strategy plan that is in harmony with your goals.

LEAVING YOUR BUSINESS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL TRANSACTION OF YOUR LIFE AND NOTHING HAS GREATER FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES. THE FUTURE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS UPON HOW WELL YOU MANAGE YOUR EXIT PROCESS.The Definitive Guide lays out the steps you must take to achieve all of your aspirations as you exit your business. Author John Brown shares the wisdom, stories, tested process and exit planning roadmap from hundreds of exit planning advisors across North America. These advisors, and Brown's company, BEI, create thousands of owner exit plans every year. In The Definitive Guide, you will learn:How and why to set actionable exit goalsHow your role as owner must change if your business is to attract buyersHow your company's management team steps up to next-level operational excellenceWhich nine important value drivers deliver the value buyers pay top dollar forHow to avoid the common traps that can prevent you from creating an exit planHow to choose which of four exit paths is best for you, your family and your business: A sale to insiders (management team or co-owners)A transfer to childrenA third-party saleA sale to an Employee Stock Ownership PlanLET BROWN AND THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE BE YOUR COMPANIONS AS YOU UNDERTAKE THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL EVENT OF YOUR LIFE.John H. Brown is the CEO of Business Enterprise Institute, the oldest and largest provider of Exit Planning education to owners and advisors in North America. With over 225,000 copies in print, John's first book, How To Run Your Business So You Can Leave It In Style, is the best-selling exit-planning book of all time. John is an accomplished speaker and expert commentator on exit planning issues.

The risk when venturing into a new business from scratch is that you can easily get so absorbed by building your business that you forget to clearly establish where you want your business to go in the long-term. That is why you see very few people conscious enough to direct their attention not only on the entering aspect but also on the exiting one. You need to be aware of the advantages of planning the finish just as you’re starting up.

The emphasis in this book is to encourage and guide everyone to prepare for their eventual transition by completing an "Exit Plan" in order to save them much practical and emotional heartache. This will be an extremely helpful book for all who are interested in "getting their house in order." It also might well cultivate such an interest in those who haven't yet thought about how to prepare for their own death.