Our borrowers often ask us, “Is it better to buy an established business or start up a business?” It’s a reasonable question for those looking to exit their current employment or invest in a business for another income stream. While it may make sense in specific industries to start a business, the benefits of purchasing…
It felt like the only thing we could agree on, is that we couldn’t agree on anything. Have you been there before? We had been discussing our 10-year vision for 45 minutes with the board of directors, and the conversation was going in circles between two opposing views. I felt stuck. I was championing one…
I’m having a lot of client dialogue on Cash Balance Plans (CBPs). A CBP is the third sleeve of a Retirement Plan – following the standard 401k and Profit Sharing sleeves of traditional plans. The contribution limits are substantial allowing participants the ability to contribute significant $s pretax and to grow those contributions tax deferred….
Small actions yield tremendous results. SUMMi7 is hosting an event next week for Medium-Sized Business Owners on March 30 in Plano, and you’re invited! If you’re not in the Dallas region and would like to attend, please DM us, and we can explore if a virtual experience is right for you. The topic for this…
The Hard Realities and How-to’s of Successful Value Growth and Selling in 2023 Program produced by XPX Atlanta. Our programming for this year will be a Collaborative Forum on the Hard Realities and How-To’s of successful business building and selling in 2023. Breaking News: Interest rates are still up. The economy is trending down. Buyers…
Effective branding includes everything that influences the opinions of consumers about you, your product, or your service. The ability to be authentic and humanize your brand provides a critical connection to your customers—one that engenders loyalty and increases sales. Your brand is your most important asset. Fact: Everyone has an existing brand, whether intentional or…
Join our CEO Book Club on Tuesday February 7 at noon EST (on Zoom) to discuss the book “The Motive” by Patrick Lencioni. What is the essence of your job as a CEO? In his recent book “The Motive” best-selling author Patrick Lencioni analyzes reward-centered leadership as opposed to responsibility-centered leadership, and from there derives…
Succession planning considerations enter into discussions that I have with business owners when discussing their interest in conducting an executive search to find a CEO to run their company. For instance: As a business owner are you worn down and tired from all the extra effort and attention that you have had to spend on…
“So far I have been a great CEO, but I am not sure that I am the best person to take my company to the next level,” confided this CEO of a fast-growing company. It looked like his recipe for success didn’t work anymore: he was constantly fighting fires and couldn’t streamline his operations. He was trying…
Are you satisfied with your 2022 growth? If so: congratulations! If you want to accelerate growth in 2023 though, and make it less painful / stressful for you, you will need a different approach. This is exactly the point of our upcoming CEO Growth Workshop on Tuesday December 6 at noon EST on the topic: “How…
Program produced by XPX Atlanta. The Hard Realities of Exit and How We Can Fix It Advisors – we have work to do! To repeat: only 4% of businesses actually sell. In this important November XPX Program, we will review and discuss the reasons for that abysmally small number. More important, in true XPX fashion,…
“I have smart people but I underutilize their potential,” the CEO confessed. “I don’t know what I should do differently though. I feel like I am the #1 bottleneck in my organization.” My client was right: she was a genius with a thousand helpers, and she needed to become a genius maker in order to…
The problem that sometimes occurs when working with a business owner who is considering exiting their business is the strong link between the owner and his business – that is the challenge that the owner has difficulty viewing their life after they exit the business and separate from the business. There are several approaches to…
“What will I do after selling my business?” he asked. I hear that a lot both in my M&A practice, True North Advisors Group and my coaching business, The Platinum Years. “I fear I will fall into a void, if I sell”, is another common refrain. As we get into our 50’s, 60’s and 70’s,…
As a CEO or business owner, it’s hard figuring out what things to focus on, where to allocate our resources, and how in the world we’ll find the time to do it all. It can be overwhelming. When you’re paralyzed by all of these thoughts and tasks, it’s hard to be an effective CEO. I…
By Allan Tepper Often, parties interested in making a purchase are serial buyers, hence their advantage. But for midsize sellers, this will probably be the one and only time they sell. Sellers spend the better part of their lives building a company so they can now cash out and ride into the sunset. Unfortunately, mergers…
Entrepreneurial leaders do a lot of things well, but hiring the right people, aligning talent for top performance and optimizing collaboration is not where they want to spend their time. It’s not why they went into business and they are unfamiliar with the impact of talent on their growth and succession goals. They don’t understand…
Don’t be surprised if no one is answering the phones at Brody and Associates on June 19th. The number of private employers offering Juneteenth as a paid holiday continues to grow and has jumped significantly over the last three years. Last year, nearly one-third of all private employers gave their employees a paid day off. This…
Date: June 2, 2023 Start Time: 12 p.m. EST End Time: 1 p.m. EST Platform: Zoom Questions: Chat Click here for free ticket: Robert Jordan How is it that some leaders win brilliantly and repeatedly, while others struggle to reach their full potential? Over a decade, Robert Jordan and Olivia Wagner set out to answer this question, interviewing thousands of…
Last week, the NLRB’s decision in Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC (“Noah”) held that repeat offenders of the NLRA could be subject to extraordinary remedies. The Board went on to detail when such remedies were appropriate, and outlined the types of actions violators could expect to be subject to if they have undertaken egregious misconduct or “have shown…
Methodology to Avoid Business Disruptions A business requirements study is conducted before the software implementation begins. The legacy software database is transferred to the test environment and verified daily for accuracy. Once test-environment data is verified for accuracy the step below will be taken. End users are trained in the test environment that has…
© 2023 XPX Global LLC. Privacy Policy Norms & Principles Site Map Terms of Use
© 2023 XPX Global LLC. All Rights Reserved.
