The Professional 50

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Transitions Blog

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You’ll find insights, new ideas and helpful strategies related to business transitions. You’ll get advice related to external sales, internal sales, building business value, tax strategies, and much, much more!

Exploring a Sale
What to know before exploring a sale in 2021
You Just Sold Your Business
You Just Sold Your Business…What Should You Do with the Cash?
Children
A Family at a Critical Juncture
Safety Net
A Safety Net for your 1031 Exchange
Checkboxes
The 5 Most Common Successor Development Mistakes
Financial Freedom Through Business Transition - blog BPG
Financial Freedom Through Business Transition
Teamwork
Protecting Value with the Right Planning Partners
Selecting a Business Broker to Sell Your Company in 2021
The Future
When You Are Gone What Will Your Family Do?
Boxing Gloves
Every Owner Has a Plan Until…
Time & Money
The Art of Deferring Taxes in a Sale
Stepping Back
How to Navigate Staying in Your Business While Stepping Back
Prepare Your Family
Prepare Your Family as You Do Your Assets for Greater Estate Transfer Success
Gold Ripple
Your Silence can Ripple with Gold When…
Selling a Business
Buyer Demand for Businesses Robust Today & into the Foreseeable Future
Selling Your Business
Planning on Selling Your Business? Think Again…
Wave of Change
The Wave of Change
question mark
5 Important Questions a Family Business Should Be Asking Now
5 Strategies for Successor Development
5 Strategies for Effective Successor Development
Mergers and Acquisitions
Growing by Acquisition or Merger
3-Keys
The Three Keys to Successful Business Succession Planning
Institutionalized Customers
Institutionalized Customers – The True Value of Your Business
Seven Rules
The 7 Basic Rules for Sellers
Tax Options
Tax Options on The Sale of Your Business or Real Estate
Deal Making
Strategies for M&A Deal Making in a COVID-19 World
Trouble
When Your 1031 Exchange is in Trouble
Higher Value
Sales Diversification – A Key to Higher Business Value
Knowledge Transfer
Knowledge Transfer is Essential
Family Bank
Keep It in the Family: Family Bank
Gifting
Family Gifting Plan
Business Value
Maximize the VALUE of your company—reduce RISK!
Successors
How to Choose a Successor
Should Tariffs Hurt Your Customers?
Shaking Hands
Fix Conflict with Two Words
Podcast
Business Succession Insights Podcasts
Make Your Next Apology Irresistible
Developing Your Own Successor is Nearly Impossible