Ideas & Stories

Succession of Nothing

Most business owners defer any formal approach to succession planning. So it is always great to see the owner finally put pen to paper or better still, engage a professional person to help them bring their succession plans to life. But tragically …
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Protecting & Preserving Wealth

“My business is my superannuation”. That was the comment we have heard from many business owners over the years.  All too often, the needs of the business were always the top priority and minimal effort was made to extract money from the …
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Performance equals value

Most business owners rarely think about the value of their business. The day-to-day pressures of life leave little time to dream about the value of their business, let alone the factors that underpin a value improvement process. Yet business value …
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Life beyond Business

“What are you going to do after you sell this business?”  We have asked so many times during the Succession Planning process. “Don’t you worry; we will sort that out later.  We could travel, sit on a beach somewhere and enjoy a drink with …
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