All of your hard work building your business may someday lead to the question- how do I sell my business? Maybe you’re nowhere near thinking about exiting from your business, but planning ahead and knowing your options for selling your business only gives you more time to make sure you get what you’re worth. Whether [...]
No matter what the set up of the ownership of the business is, at some point it’s inevitable that an owner will leave. Retiring, changing careers, emergencies, or death, are all events to be prepared for. Having a plan ahead of time will keep operations running smoothly and keep every shareholder protected. A buy-sell agreement [...]
You’re always looking for ways to make your business better, but are you making sure your business is also protected? If your business has been established as an LLC, or Limited Liability Company, there are ways to transfer your assets to the next generation through your estate plan. Here’s how to include your LLC [...]
If a business has multiple owners, eventually a change in ownership will need to happen. An owner will retire or move on for another reason. Don’t forget that emergencies can also happen. Changing ownership doesn’t need to be complicated. Planning ahead will help dispel disaster when the time comes for a transition. The plan [...]
As a business owner, you probably feel that your business is your baby. Business succession planning always seems so far off. It’s hard to think about what may happen to your business when you’re no longer able to run it. To ensure your business will keep running once you leave it, or to get [...]
When an employee leaves your company, whether on good or bad terms, it can cause a lot of stress. Filling their role and responsibilities, understanding why they left and not taking it personally, making sure operations aren’t disrupted, are all a part of the stress of losing an employee. While these are all important, [...]
If you own a business, you almost certainly have intellectual property and maybe you don't know about protecting your intellectual property. However, because your intellectual property is intangible, it can be invisible to you and those who aren’t familiar with the nature of intellectual property and its value, so it often gets overlooked, especially [...]
In celebration of International Women’s Day this week, we wanted to highlight women business owners and the best ways to protect their businesses. A business succession plan is an important part of running a business in the case of an emergency, and for women business owners there are many reasons it's even more necessary [...]
