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Diversification Empowers Succession Strategies

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For most business owners, their business is their baby. They have invested their time, money, and efforts into building something tangible they can be proud of. They know their business inside out and can count on a steady...more

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Succession Planning in the Multi-Generational Workforce: Insights from Lisa Levy

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa Levy, a business strategy and organizational development thought leader. Our conversation delved into the complexities and importance of succession planning, particularly...more

IR Global

Understanding Client Motivations: Key to Making a Significant Impact

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Jeff Faulkner, co-founder of the International Succession Planning Association, speaks about the challenges that arise when transferring ownership of a business to the next generation. In the video, he points out the...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Legacy Planning for Family Businesses: Transitioning with Ease

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In the heart of every family-owned enterprise lies a story of hard work, dedication, and a vision for the future. These businesses not only represent a significant portion of the economy but also embody the legacy of...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen

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Allen Barron's podcast on Business Succession Planning focuses on one of the most important part of protecting an owner, member, partner, shareholder or investor in any company, and yet less than one in four businesses have a...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Do It Better Than ‘Succession’: How to Optimize Transition for Your Waystar Royco

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Over the past three seasons, fans of the hit HBO series Succession have had an entrée into the fabulous lifestyles enjoyed by members of the Roy family and a front-row seat from which to observe the myriad succession...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Spotlight, Vol. 6 No. 1, Spring 2021 - When the Business Is All in the Family

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Workplace dynamics can be fraught with peril. Family dynamics can be even more treacherous. Add them together into a family business and the result can create a recipe for complex fiduciary relationships and potential...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Howdy Partner: A Trail Guide for Promoting an Employee to Co-Owner

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It is a particularly thorny question – one faced by owners of businesses both large and small: Is it time to promote this employee to co-owner? Panelists at our 2019 Closely Held Business Summit recently noted the...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Exits and Elevator Shafts for Small Business Transitions

As the owner of a business, have you given thought to both exits and elevator shafts? Not the kind that get you around a building – the kind that can permanently affect the future of your business. Originally published in...more

Gray Reed

Family Matters: Can A Family Business Succeed Without Addressing Overlapping Business AND Family Issues?

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Continuing to struggle with transitioning his family business to the next generation, Big Daddy Ernest Bux, 65, considers perhaps the most difficult task on his checklist: Insuring that both his management succession decision...more

Gray Reed

Family Matters: Can a Family Business Succeed Without a Written Exit Plan?

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Continuing to deliberate about when and how to exit from his family business, Big Daddy Ernest Bux, 65, considers yet another task on his checklist: Determine Exit Strategy....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Closely Held Businesses: You Make the Plan, or a Plan Will Be Made For You

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Who is the Better Planner for Your Affairs: You or the State? Planning for succession of a closely held business is a lot like making a will. An individual has the opportunity to make a will which directs how the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Should a Family Business Consider an IPO as an Exit Strategy?

There are a multitude of ways to realize ownership transition–some simple, some complex, some a safe bet and some full of risks. For the ambitious, successful family-owned company that wants to make it to the big leagues, an...more

Downey Brand LLP

Tax Law Uncertainty Should Not Delay Farming Business Succession Planning

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President Trump promised and will pursue tax reform, but Congress must agree to any proposal. For the most part, a majority vote in both houses would allow tax reform for about a decade, and at least sixty Senate votes would...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Business Planning Alert: "Selling a Business? Be Sure Your Financial House is in Order"

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When an investor makes a decision to buy a business, the focus in almost every instance is on the business's future financial performance. Accordingly, an owner who has decided to sell a business must ensure that the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Jones Presents at NCBA Estate Planning and Probate Section Annual Meeting

Charlotte Wealth and Estate Planning Member Chris Jones spoke at the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Estate Planning and Probate Section Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, SC on July 28. The presentation titled,...more

Gray Reed

Your Business Plan Will Sell Your Business

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This is the last installment of a series discussing potential pitfalls relating to selling your business. Recently Tilting the Scales highlighted Successfully Selling Your Business: Top 6 Potential Pitfalls; So You Might...more

Lewitt Hackman

Estate Planning NOW: Preparing for a New Government

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It’s impossible to predict what any future president will do, or what Congress will approve. But in light of comments president-elect Donald J. Trump made on the campaign trail, and given that Grand Old Party members will...more

Gray Reed

Selling Your Business: Why Accurate Financials are Important

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This is the fourth installment of a series discussing potential pitfalls that JR and Sue Ellen Pawlenty, who own Pawlenty Energy, should be wary of when they are trying to sell their business. Recently, Tilting the Scales...more

Lewitt Hackman

Game Changer? Succession Planning Targeted by IRS

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The Department of the Treasury wants to place limitations on valuation discounts that are currently commonly used to reduce asset values in family-owned and closely-held businesses, in an effort to increase tax revenue. The...more

Burr & Forman

Business Succession Planning: Time is Not on Your Side

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There’s a reason why there are countless quotes, clichés, idioms, songs, etc. about time. It’s an equalizing resource. No matter how many times you cross back and forth over the International Date Line, we all have the same...more

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