Collaborative Management Buyout

Collaborative Management Buyout

In the spirit of the Go Beyond Way, this article introduces to the idea of the Collaborative Management Buyout, in which the Management Team and the Business Owner(s) acknowledge the contributions of the other party to the past, present, and future success of the...
Every Day Counts In Exit Planning

Every Day Counts In Exit Planning

“What you need to understand is that every day, you make decisions that impact your exit.” Christopher M. Snider, CEO, Exit Planning Institute A few weeks ago, a business owner I’ve known for well over ten years told me that he and his team were completely focused on...
Value Friendly Behavior

Value Friendly Behavior

Value and the Two Types of Business Owners Entrepreneurs fall into two basic categories, according to Mark Tepper in Walk Away Wealthy (2014). The first group consists of owners who treat their businesses as investments and make decisions that build sustainable...
Lifelong Learning for Value Growth

Lifelong Learning for Value Growth

This article is written with the specific intent of encouraging our readers, many of whom are business owners, to engage in lifelong learning about growing the value of their most important financial asset — their business. As a young US Army officer, I was encouraged...
V is for Value

V is for Value

What is Value? Business is a relationship in which people exchange value.  A good business definition of value is: the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.   In a barter economy, I would give you something that...
Addicted To Small Business Programs?

Addicted To Small Business Programs?

Has your business become addicted to the small business programs that helped it get started in federal contracting?  Has that dependence made your business unsalable? Dedicated to helping the owners of small and midsize businesses prepare themselves and their...