Many owners of SME are unprepared, unaware and under‑advised when it comes to exit. Advisers who close these gaps can create enormous value.

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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 ...

Expanded services include M&A plans, valuations, CIMs, and succession planning to help owners prepare for transactions and communicate value to buyers Preparing a business for a transaction requires ...

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 ...

(For this month's Vets to Venture article, we partner with Brandon Harris, an M&A Advisor with Graystone International and a U.S. Marine Veteran. Brandon teams up with Adams & Reese Corporate Services ...

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 ...

Jonathan Ponciano is a financial journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering markets, technology, and entrepreneurship. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a ...

If you’re in the beginning stages of launching your small business or a just few years into ownership, you might not be thinking about exit plans. Preparing for an ownership transition, however, is a ...

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 ...