Investing a lifetime in building a business, then facing the possibility of selling it and retiring, can be a difficult and emotional time for a business owner. It’s even more challenging if the exit ...

As an entrepreneur, planning your exit strategy is as crucial as growing your business, and recent observations by Forbes estimate that only about 30% of business owners successfully sell their ...

Many owners of privately held, middle market companies wonder about potential exit options, including the sale of their companies. Particularly in times of volatility, it's common to think about ...

Dr. Craig West is the founder of Capitaliz and has been working with business owners on succession and exit strategies for over 20 years. My academic research from January 2022, "Examination of the ...

There is no one-size-fits-all process for setting up an exit strategy, but after spending years in the franchise world, I would consider these four options when exiting your franchise business. Exit ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Many business owners don’t plan their exit because they ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 1988, Jon Leonhardt dropped out of college. A few years later, he started taking on projects for insurance companies who were ...