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9 Warning Signs You’re a Hub-and-Spoke Owner

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If you were to draw a picture that visually represents your role in your business, what would it look like? Are you at the top of a traditional Christmas-tree-like organizational chart, or are you stuck in the middle of your business, like…
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WHAT YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS ABOUT YOUR EXIT

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In our experience, your age has a big effect on your attitude towards your business and how you feel about one day getting out. Here's what we have found: Business owners between 25 and 46 years old Twenty- and thirty-something business…
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THE DANGER OF MARKET TIMING THE SALE OF YOUR BUSINESS

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The other day I was speaking with a successful CEO in his fifties who runs a heating and air conditioning company generating eight million dollars in revenue and over one million dollars in profit before tax. Even though he was tired and…