May 2010 Ready – Fire – Aim: This Strategy Will Fail You in the End…Literally By: Joan M Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI As I meet with business owners, I observe how much they rely … https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/ready-fire-aim-strategy-will-fail-you-endliterally/
March 2010 Ownership Transition Checklist By: Joan M Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI If you are hoping to transition ownership of your business in the next five years, this article as… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/owner-transition-checklist/
April 2010 What Would a Buyer Pay for Your Business By: Joan M Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI That all depends on who the buyer is. Your buyer could be a family member, employee, ma… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/what-would-buyer-pay-your-business/
Spring 2004 How to Interview an Intermediary by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP Selling a business can be very stressful. Chances are you have a large share of your personal identi… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/how-interview-intermediary/
Summer 2004 How to Prepare for the Unsolicited Offer by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP Business owners are often surprised and unprepared when an unsolicited suitor approaches wit… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/how-prepare-unsolicited-offer/
Winter 2005 Exiting Right Takes Time by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP Independence, desire for control, image, and prestige – all these describe most business owners. Whether you… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/exiting-right-takes-time/
Fall 2005 Everybody Wants to Sell My Business by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP It’s easy to see why you would say that. You are probably inundated with telemarketers, direct mail… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/everybody-wants-sell-my-business/
Spring 2006 10 Steps to a Successful Business Transition by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP Suppose you were thinking about transitioning out of your business in the next few month… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/10-steps-successful-business-transition/
Summer 2006 Boomers Head for the Exit by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP™ The baby boomer generation has been one of the most entrepreneurial generations in the history of our coun… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/boomers-head-exit/
September 2006 50 Ways to Leave Your Business, Well Almost 50 by Joan M. Gruber Ridley OK, so maybe we have yet to identify 50 ways to leave your business, but would you beli… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/50-ways-leave-your-business-well-almost-50/
February 2007 Your Business Exit- Think Of It As a New Beginning by Joan M. Ridley, CFP It might surprise you to learn that 70% of former business owners regret selling their … https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/your-business-exit-think-it-new-beginning/
March 2007 Exit Right – How to Go Out in Style by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP Ready, Fire, Aim That seems to be the business owner’s mantra. Maybe that’s one reason 70% of all… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/exit-right-how-go-out-style/
May 2007 This Time the Cards are Stacked in Your Favor by Joan M. Gruber Ridley If you tried to sell your business between 2000 and 2005, you probably had a difficult time fin… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/time-cards-are-stacked-your-favor/
August 2007 Give Me Your Stock and Nobody Gets Hurt by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP™ Sometimes key employees do demand to have a piece of the action, but are they really asking… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/give-me-your-stock-and-nobody-gets-hurt/
November 2007 But I’m Not Ready to Leave My Business By Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP™, CEPA® Of course you aren’t. Business is great. Cash flow is excellent. Prospective acquire… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/im-not-ready-leave-my-business/
January 2008 Timing is Everything but Planning is a Close Second by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP™, CEPA® and Richard Jackim, JD, CEPA® Baron Rothschild, when asked how he becam… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/timing-everything-planning-close-second/
July 2008 Top 10 Deal Killers by Joan M. Gruber Ridley, CFP™, CEPA As we meet with business owners we are constantly reminded that most are unaware of what potential acquirers… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/top-10-deal-killers/
July 2011 Who Will Buy My Business As Is By Joan M. Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI When called upon to show a business owner how to leave his1business, the “showing” starts with eval… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/who-will-buy-my-business/
March 2011 What Kind of Business Owner Are You By Joan M. Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI The better question is “how do you derive your income”. According to author Robert Kiyosaki y… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/what-kind-business-owner-are-you/
March 2011 Avoid a Hostage Crisis With a Non-Compete by Joan M. Ridley, CFP™, CEPA, CBI True Stories I once found myself in a meeting where the potential buyer of a company w… https://businesswealthsolutions.net/index.php/resources/articles/avoid-hostage-crisis-non-compete/
