Every year, thousands of businesses that should sell, don’t. Not because buyers aren’t out there or because the market is bad. It’s because the business wasn’t ready, and in most cases, the owner didn’t know it. Most business owners assume that when the time comes, they’ll sell. That’s the plan: Build something valuable, find the …

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Ownership Transfer

A $5 trillion shift, affecting 6 million businesses, is coming. Most of the owners at the center of it aren’t ready, and many don’t know it yet. You built the business. You’re running it, growing it, maybe starting to think about what comes next. Here’s what often gets missed: the business and your personal financial …

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