The concept of lifestyle design has certainly gained a lot of traction in the global community of entrepreneurs in recent years. Notable industry influencers including Tim Ferris, author of the 4-Hour Work Week, have pointedly made the assertion that owning a business needs to mean more than just balance sheets and bank accounts.
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There are many benefits to being a small business owner such as being your own boss, leading a team and the ability to give back to your community. A well-funded retirement account, though, is not one of these many benefits. Most of us believe that, when the time is right, we will sell our business and easily transition into retirement on the earnings generated from the sale. It’s certainly an appealing scenario. To pull it off, however, takes years of preparation and careful planning. This succession planning can be broken down into three categories – people, systems and finances.
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Many of our clients tell us that they got into business to make more money, achieve a better lifestyle, or simply because they felt they could do a better job than their old boss. Although many do possess business skills, financial acumen is rarely high among them. In this article, we list three common financial mistakes that we observe frequently.
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Goals, Strategy and Plans: The Vital Fuel for Businesses
Many businesses (and certainly many of our clients) find themselves busy with the day-to-day selling, paying bills, marketing, hiring and firing, talking to the bank, managing the office and so on. They know they should plan for the future but who ever gets time for that? They get caught up in the endless cycle of tactical business management.
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Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, once said that he has only two items in his job description: One is to retire with the value of the company exceeding that when he took over and the other is to find a successor.
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