021: How to Exit Your Company on Top with Bo Burlingham
By Aline Wealth Management on September 24, 2020
Business owners work their whole lives to build a company they are proud of. But when the times comes to leave this company and move into the next phase of their lives, they find themselves at a loss for how to proceed. When Bo Burlingham realized just how many business owners struggle with how to exit their company, he decided to write a book on it.
Bo is a business journalist and author of five books, the most recent being Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top (Portfolio/Penguin, 2014). A previous book, Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big (Portfolio/Penguin, 2006), was one of five finalists for the 2006 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. He is currently a contributor to Forbes Magazine and was previously a senior editor at Inc Magazine. A former Fulbright Scholar and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Bo graduated from Princeton University in 1967 with a B.A. in public and international affairs.
Today, Bo joins the podcast to discuss how to exit your company well. How can owners who are getting ready to move on prepare for the next phase in their lives?
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- How does a business owner know when it’s the right time to exit?
- What are some of the reasons behind historically low levels of business owner satisfaction after exit?
- Discover some of the common regrets among business owners who have made an exit. What is the difference between a ‘good exit’ and a ‘bad exit?’
- What is the primary reason most people fail with succession or exit planning?
- Learn about the four stages of an exit and the three stages of business ownership.
INSPIRING QUOTE
“You should build a company as if it’s going to last forever but you could sell it tomorrow.”
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