For years, a founder’s life is organized around responsibility. The business demands attention. Employees rely on decisions. Customers create urgency. Problems arrive daily. Whether
Jerome Myers
Call Me When… When a founder believes the deal will solve everything, but you know the real work begins before the transaction closes.
Most founders spend years preparing their businesses for a transaction. They improve profitability, strengthen management teams, build transferable systems, and address operational risks. By
Most founders expect the transaction to reduce pressure. In many ways, it does. The uncertainty of the deal process resolves. The negotiation cycle ends.
Most advisors think of transition as something that happens after the transaction. In reality, the founder’s separation from the business often begins much earlier.
Most founders spend years preparing for the transaction. Very few prepare for what the transaction changes. That gap is easy to miss during the
In conversations about exits, regret is usually framed as a pricing issue. The founder sold too early.The market moved higher.The company grew faster under
In conversations about exits, regret is usually framed as a pricing issue. The founder sold too early.The market moved higher.The company grew faster under
In my last piece, I wrote about the structural gap that appears when an exit plan focuses on the transaction but not the transition.
Most exit plans are built to optimize the transaction. Valuation is modeled.Taxes are engineered.Deal structure is negotiated. On paper, success is defined clearly. Yet
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