This edition of the M&A Weekly Digest is filled to the brim with valuable information for business owners that are considering selling their companies. We offer succession planning tips, observations from a handful of professional business buyers, and an explanation about why many businesses will soon be using mergers and acquisitions as a growth strategy. [Read more…]
M&A Weekly Digest – May 24, 2013
Today we discuss how companies choose to grow through acquisitions, how small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and succession planning tips. Click the article headline to read the piece in its entirety. [Read more…]
Three Things That Can Ruin A Family Business
Keep your family business healthy by staying away from these no-nos. [Read more…]
The Key To Protecting Your Family Business’ Legacy
Picture this scenario: A business owner has spent the last 20 years assuming that his children will take over the family business. But recently, it’s come to the business owner’s attention that none of his children have the desire or ability to do so. Now, he’s close to retirement without any options for his replacement.
This dilemma, which happens all too often, highlights how vital it is for family-owned businesses to have open and honest conversations about what will happen with the company when the founder eventually retires. [Read more…]
Summer Vacation Dilemma for Business Owners: Check In or Not Check In?
Should you be available and responsive to work-related matters 24/7 just because you have the ability to be connected 24/7? This has become one of the new dilemmas in our technology-filled world.
The answer to this question is “no,” especially when you’re on vacation. There are several benefits to CEOs and their employees when CEOs go off the grid on their vacation. [Read more…]