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Why You Should Focus on Proper Exit Planning

ENLIGN DEAL TEAM | 02/01/2020

If you are like many business owners, you are primarily focusing on building your business.

Yet, as we’ve covered here many times before, you should start thinking about what you’ll need to do to sell your business before you even officially launch.

Many businesses can take years to sell or even fail to sell all together.

For this and many other reasons, it is important to invest some time and energy into thinking about proper exit planning and strategies.

Walker Deibel’s recent Forbes article, “How Proper Exit Planning Benefits the Buyer and Seller,” Deibel discusses his interview with Exit Planning: The Definitive Guide, author John H. Brown. Brown and Deibel both agreed that, when properly handled, exit planning can help both the seller and the buyer.

Exit planning can make a business more transferable.

As Deibel points out, when buyers are evaluating businesses, transferability is a key factor.

A buyer must feel that he or she can walk into a business, take it over, keep it running effectively and even grow the business in the future.

A key aspect of being able to buy a business and having that business be successful is that all relationships from vendors to customers are transferable.

A good management team, one that can step in and help a new owner thrive, is a must.

Building that team in advance is a savvy move for any business owner looking to sell his or her business.

Concerns on any of these fronts can spell doom for a seller.

If a buyer doesn’t feel that they can operate a business, then they probably shouldn’t be buying it.

Great exit planning most definitely benefits the seller as well.

As Deibel notes, when sellers engage in exit planning, they realize how much money they need in order to exit.

In turn, this forces sellers to become very focused and goal-oriented.

Sellers will take proactive steps to ensure that their business is as appealing to a potential buyer as possible.

Ultimately, proper exit planning is a win-win, one that benefits both buyer and seller.

Exit planning can provide sellers with much-needed clarity while simultaneously lowering the overall risk that sellers face.

Buying or selling a business is a multifaceted, and often quite complex, process.

The sooner you begin working with a professional, like a business broker, the better off you’ll be in finding the right business for you and your particular needs.

For most people, buying or selling a business is the financial decision of a lifetime.

Having a proven trusted partner, one that knows the lay of the land, is simply invaluable.

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