Successful Business Succession Planning in 5 Steps

By |2023-03-16T10:46:52-05:00March 17th, 2023|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Small Business|

Successful business succession planning is an essential part of ensuring the long-term success of any business. It's important to take the time to make well-informed decisions when it comes to your succession plan. A successful business succession plan includes identifying and preparing a successor to take over the leadership of the company when the [...]

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Minimizing Conflict When Exiting a Business

By |2023-03-02T10:29:03-06:00March 3rd, 2023|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business|

Minimizing conflict when exiting a business is always the main goal of an exit strategy. From choosing the right successor, to avoiding other challenges that come with succession planning, minimizing conflict goes hand in hand with an effective plan. Learn how to keep your business running smoothly, even after you're gone. Even if you [...]

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Challenges of Business Succession Planning

By |2023-02-16T10:19:26-06:00February 17th, 2023|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Small Business|

Challenges of business succession planning shouldn't keep you from having a plan for your business. A bad business succession plan is a plan that fails to effectively transfer ownership or management of a business from one generation to the next. Business succession planning is crucial for the long-term success of a company, as it [...]

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High Risk Professionals Need an Estate Plan

By |2022-06-16T02:42:25-05:00April 29th, 2022|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business, Tips|

Everyone is open to potential lawsuits, but licensed professionals and business owners are even more at risk. Doctors, dentists, veterinarians, small business owners, and even attorneys themselves, have a higher risk of being sued and need more extensive estate planning to protect all they’ve worked for. So while it’s important for everyone to have an [...]

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Challenging Scenarios a Buy-Sell Agreement Prevents

By |2022-06-16T02:43:54-05:00April 22nd, 2022|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business, Tips|

A buy-sell agreement prevents things from becoming complicated when a co-owner of a business leaves and shouldn’t only cover planned exits. There are many scenarios in which things can go south between owners or an emergency arises. Numerous disasters can arise on the back end of a business partner leaving the business. Here are a [...]

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Four Reasons Your Business Needs a Buy-Sell Agreement

By |2022-06-16T02:49:55-05:00April 1st, 2022|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business|

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 [...]

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Protecting Your Business with a Buy-Sell Agreement

By |2022-03-02T21:51:36-06:00March 18th, 2022|Blog, Business Structure, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business, Tips|

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 [...]

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When to Update Your Succession Plan

By |2022-02-10T20:23:57-06:00March 11th, 2022|Blog, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business, Tips|

Updating your business succession plan should be a regular part of managing your business. We previously wrote about common succession planning mistakes that are made and one of the biggest mistakes that needs to be highlighted is not updating your succession plan regularly. Like your estate plan, your business succession plan is not set [...]

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Mistakes to Avoid When Business Succession Planning

By |2022-02-10T17:34:51-06:00March 4th, 2022|Blog, Business Law, Business Structure, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Small Business, Tips|

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 [...]

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Success of Your Business Often Depends on Your Exit Strategy

By |2021-01-28T21:10:03-06:00April 3rd, 2017|Business Law, Business Structure|

Recently, I received a phone call from a good friend of mine, telling me that he is going through a divorce. Although he was expecting an amicable split of his liquid assets and share custody of his minor children, he could not say the same about his business ownership. My client’s divorce is now at risk [...]

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