Transition Insight

The 5 Fundamentals of a Successful Business Exit

Use Marginal Gains to Maximize Business Value

Navigating the M&A Landscape: A Recap of 2023 and Glimpses into 2024

Get Your free copy - Sell Your Business: At the Right Time, for the Right Price, and to the Right Buyer

Unlock the Secrets to a Successful Business Exit

A New Era for a Family Business with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

3 Critical Succession Planning Mistakes to Avoid

Business Sales in Q1 2023 Expected to be Higher Than Q4 2022

Maximizing Business Value to Fund Your Future

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate: How to Take Flight with Your Exit Plan in 2023

Deals May Be Down, But Business Brokers Have Positive Outlook For Q4 2022

Sentiment May Be Stagnant, but M&A Deals are Still Happening

It Matters Who You Work With When Selling Your Business: A Case Study

How Much Your Exit Planning Dream Team Might Cost

Finding the Right Advisors to Help You Sell Your Business

Who Do You Need to Help You Sell Your Business?

Financial Employee Retention Strategies to Consider

Creating Workplace FOMO to Retain Key Employees

Your Key Employees Are Probably Even More Important than You Realize

M&A Market Outlook is Positive for 2022 - BTA Market Update

Who Will Run Your Business If You Can’t?

What Will Happen to Your Business If You're Not There?

Protect Your Wealth with Contingency Planning

RSVP for Webinar – Protect Your Business Value, Family, and Wealth

Revamp Your Marketing Strategies to Help Increase the Value of Your Business

Scholastic Succession: Not Quite an Academic Achievement

Business Buyers Focusing on Employee Teams and Financials: BTA Market Update

You’ve Received an Offer for Your Business… Now What? Part 4

You’ve Received an Offer for Your Business… Now What? Part 3

Market Update: Small Business-for-Sale Market Continues to Make Gains in Q2 2021

You’ve Received an Offer for Your Business… Now What? Part 2

You’ve Received an Offer for Your Business… Now What? Part 1

Do Potential Tax Changes Have You Thinking About Selling? Part 2

Do Potential Tax Changes Have You Thinking About Selling? Part 1

How Proposed Tax Code Changes Could Impact the Sale of Your Business

Business Owner Webinar: How Will Tax Increases Affect You?

Achieving Succession in Closely Held Businesses

BTA Named Gold Winner, Company of the Year in Small Business and Professional Services, by the 2021 American Business Awards

Keep Your Key Employees During the Sale of Your Business with Employee Retention Strategies

Don't Let a Forced Exit Destroy All You've Built

Ouch! When the Tax Bite Hurts Most: Business Owner Lessons Learned

How Much Will It Cost to Sell My Business?

Don’t Miss What May Be the Best Time to Sell Your Business

Make Sure You're Ready to Sell Your Business

Pent-Up Supply Expected to Fuel M&A Market in 2021: BTA Market Update

Top 3 Reasons to Start Your Exit Planning Now

Top 5 Consequences of Not Being Prepared to Sell Your Business: Part 2

Top 5 Consequences of Not Being Prepared to Sell Your Business – Part 1

Why Aren’t You Planning for Your Exit?

2021 – A “Perfect Storm” for Business Sales?

How Will You Choose Your Exit Strategy?

Concerned About Tax Increases? Exit Planning Can Help!

BTA’s Jane Johnson Wins Silver Stevie Award – Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2020

Groom Your Successors, Protect Your Wealth, and Determine Your Options – 3 More Benefits of Planning for Your Exit

1 – 2 – 3: Meet Your Goals, Grow Your Business, and Increase Value When You Plan Your Exit

Top 10 Reasons Why Owners Should Plan Before Exiting Their Businesses

Thinking Like a Buyer: Assess Your Business

Are You Ready for the Rebound?

How to Decide Which Buyer May Be Right for Your Business: A Case Study

How to Find the Right Buyer for Your Business, Part 1

Advanced Exit Planning Techniques Can Help Minimize Your Tax Burden

Dead on Arrival: When the Perfect Buyer Becomes Your Worst Nightmare

Q2 2020 M&A Activity – the Canary in the M&A Coalmine?

Don’t Let This Happen to You: Employee Sale of Horror

Bit by Bit, Putting it Together

What's Motivating You to Keep Going?

COVID & Game of Thrones Lessons Revisited

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and COVID-19: Stalled for Now, but Outlook Remains Positive

Will You Have Enough Money to Retire?

5 Tips for Owners Who Want to Sell When the Market Recovers

Time to Think Like a Buyer: Strategically Evaluate Your Products and Services

So You Think You Can Sell Your Business? Don’t Be So Sure.

Want To Sell Your Business? Your Best Buyers May Be Your Employees By Michael Levin

Negotiating the Ultimate Ultimatum: Go Under, Survive, or Prosper?

BTA Market Update: Despite the Devastating Impact of the Pandemic on the Middle Market, Executives Remain Positive

For Business Owners Seeking Improved Cash Flow Immediately

Free Webinar 3/27/20: Improving Cash Flow Quickly by 10% with NO Layoffs and NO Sacrifice

Your Business and COVID-19

Only 1 in 6 Businesses Will Sell, but You May Have Other Options

Stay Competitive to Increase Business Value

BTA Market Update: M&A Predictions Abound, but Exit Planning Still the Best Forecast for Business Owners

Increasing Business Value Before You Sell

Are You Ready for Life After Your Business?

Jane Johnson of Business Transition Academy on The Erin Strayer Show

Namaste: What Exit Planning and Yoga Have in Common

Was Selling My Business a Mistake? An Unprepared Owner Realizes He Sold Too Soon

There is Life After Your Business

Free Webinar: Prepare to Sell Your Business in 6 Steps

BTA Market Update: Waning Business-For-Sale Transactions Attributed to Fears of Recession, Trade, and Politics; Yet, Market Remains Strong

Recurring Revenue – A Key Strategy to Boost Business Value

Exiting Business Owners Need a Realistic Financial Plan

5 Lessons from Game of Thrones for Exiting Business Owners

BTA Market Pulse: Q2 Small Business Sale Transactions Down Slightly, but Still at Historically High Levels

70 is the New 50: Aging CEOs Provide Both Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses

How to Plan for Life After Your Business

BTA Market Pulse: 2019 M&A Outlook Survey: It’s Still a Seller’s Market – For Now

2019 Might be the Best Time to Sell Your Business

What’s YOUR Business Worth?

Entrepreneurship: Shark Tank Makes It Look Easy, But Is It?

New Revenue Recognition Standards Impact Multiple Industries and Departments

Exit Planning Step Three: Building a Better Box

Disasters, Major and Minor: Prepare for the Worst

Count Your Beans Before Selling Your Business

BTA Business Transition Market Pulse: Retiring Baby Boomers and Rising Revenues Fuel Record Small Business Sales

New Tax Law and High Business Owner Confidence Could Lead to Increase in Small Business Sales

Booming Market Conditions Reach Record Highs With No Foreseeable Downturn

Defining Your Personal and Financial Goals Before You Transition

Key Guidelines for Dissolving a Business Partnership

Small Business Sale Prices Reach Record Highs to Start 2018; Businesses on the Market Increases by 7%

Are You Prepared to Sell Your Business Before the Next Economic Downturn?

Prepare for an Exodus of Business Owners

The New Tax Reform Law: How It Will Impact Selling Your Business

Which Exit Strategy is Right for You?

Small Business Transactions Reached Record Highs in 2017, Up 27% from 2016

Big Shoes to Fill – What to Do When Succession Requires More than One Successor

Warren Buffet, Mortality, and the Importance of Succession Planning

New Years Resolution: Plan Your Business Exit

Digital Due Diligence: Will Your Business Survive?

2018 May Be an Ideal Time to Sell Your Business

Retirement Shouldn’t be Detrimental to Your Health

Business Owners are Leaving Money on the Table by Not Increasing Business Value. Are You?

Tom Brady’s TB12 Regimen: 4 Business Transition Takeaways

Are You Prepared for the Worst?

Back to School, Back to Business (Transition Planning)

As a Business Owner, What Will Your Retirement Look Like?

Beyond the Great Unknown: Overcoming Fears about Transition Planning and Retirement

Baby-Boomer Business Owners: Start Planning Now!

Understanding the Critical Components of a Succession Plan

Choosing and Grooming the Most Qualified Successor for Your Business

Successfully Transitioning Your Business to an Internal Buyer

Should I Consider an ESOP for My Business? Part 2

To Insure or Not to Insure? Part II: Real Life Case Studies

Should I Consider an ESOP for My Business? Part 1

To Insure or Not to Insure – Part I: What You May Not Know

6 Things You Should Do Now to Prepare for the Sale of your Business

Recapitalization: The Top Reason for Sale of Small Businesses in the Lower Middle Market

Thinking of Selling Your Business? Consider an Internal Sale

Putting Together Your Business Transition Dream Team

The Benefits of Partnering with a Business Transition Advisor

What First Impression Does Your Website Give?

The Risk of Cyber Attack Can Decrease the Value of Your Business

Identifying and Preparing a Successor to Take Over Your Business

Gaining Closure After Selling a Business

6 Steps for Planning a Successful Exit from Your Business

3 Common Financial Mistakes That Can Decrease the Value of a Business in the Eyes of a Buyer

Selling Your Business to a Private Equity Firm

Financial Considerations When Selling Your Business to a Third Party

14 Things You Need to Know About Selling Your Business Externally

Tips for Avoiding Common Retirement Challenges while Planning for Your Business Transition

So You're Exiting Your Business... How to Avoid Negative Feelings

The Multiplier Effect: Small Adjustments Make a Big Difference in the Sale of a Business

Keeping the Peace During a Family Business Transfer

14 Key Elements of a Successful Sale to an Insider

Understanding Your Buyer to Position Your Business in the Best Light

The Best Gift a Business Owner Can Give: Contingency Planning

Why Business Owners Need Estate Planning

How Can Owners Start Preparing For Their Lives Beyond their Business?

7 Secrets for Exit Planning Success

Exploring the Benefits of Internal Business Transfers

Understanding How Privately Held Businesses Are Valued

Taking an Extended Vacation May Help Increase the Value of Your Business

Long-Term Family Business: Strategies for Economic Success

The Disconnect Between Owners’ and Buyers’ Perception of Business Value

Finding the Right People to Help You Sell Your Business

The Importance of Finding the Right Buyer for Your Business

What You Need to Consider if You Want to Sell Your Business Externally

The Keys to Effective Succession in Family Businesses

What Business Owners Can Learn from the Retirement of 3 TV Personalities

Exploring Your Exit Planning Options

Succession—What It Is and What It Isn’t

Establishing Professional Processes and Procedures: Boosting Business Value

Decreasing Your Transition Wealth Gap: Increase Business Value and Save Outside the Business

Top 6 Factors That Determine the Value of Your Business

If Your Business Is Your Largest Asset, It’s Time to Diversify

The Role of Asset Protection in Transition Planning

Develop a Contingency Plan to Ensure That Your Business Can Continue Without You

Beware of the Tax Bite on Business Transfers

Is Your Business Your Personal Piggy Bank?

What’s Your "Wealth Gap"?

Navigating Partner Ownership Transitions

How to Prepare Yourself for a Business Transfer

Preparing for a Family Business Transition

Could Your Business Use Some Curb Appeal?

Planning to Transfer Your Business Internally? Here’s What You Need to Know

Top 3 Reasons to Start Your Exit Planning Years In Advance

Planning On an Internal Business Transition? 5 Reasons Why You Still Need an Advisor

Exit Planning Advisors: What Do They Do? Why Are They Important?

Top 5 Consequences of Not Preparing Your Business Exit Plan

Factors to Consider Before Planning a Business Transition

Why Business Transition Planning Is More Important Than You Think

4 Key Elements Buyers Are Looking for in a Business They Might Purchase

Top 10 Mistakes Business Owners Make When Selling Their Business

Everything You Need to Know About External vs. Internal Exit Planning

What Is the Right Time to Sell My Business?

Why Due Diligence Is So Important to Selling Your Business

Selling to Your Business Partner

3 Common Challenges Business Owners Face during the Internal Sale of a Business

4 Types of Internal Buyers for Your Business

How to Exit Your Business Partnership on Good Terms

How an Exit Planner Can Help You Transition Your Family Business