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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
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