A business exit strategy is a plan that a business owner or entrepreneur establishes to sell their ownership in a company to investors or another company, or to cease operations entirely. An effective ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Coleman is a U.K.-based journalist who covers entrepreneurs. As a new year begins, exit planning should be a priority for ...

If you own a business, you’ve probably spent countless hours thinking about how to grow it, manage daily operations and serve your customers. But have you thought about how you’ll eventually step away ...

If you’re like many business owners, your focus is on the day-to-day operations. Thinking about the "next chapter" is something you know you should do, but it keeps being put off. Yet, if you don’t ...

According to a 2025 survey by the Exit Planning Institute, 58 percent of Baby Boomer entrepreneurs said they expected to sell their companies within five years. But just 14 percent considered creating ...

Jude David, managing partner of Final Ascent in Lafayette, can share stories of longtime business owners who are looking to exit but sometimes don’t have a plan. David, who spoke with Jan Swift of the ...

In the United States, 8 out of every 10 businesses will never sell because their owners have not prepared the companies for ...

Retirement looks very different when you're a business owner rather than an employee. For employees, retirement is a clear line in the sand: One day you're working, the next day you're not. But for ...