Chicago – February 16, 2010
Almost 8 million baby boomer business owners are planning to retire and sell their businesses within the next decade, and are in need of practical advice immediately.
Business Transition Experts announces the convening of a dream team of authorities via a teleconference that allows business owners 24/7 access at their laptop and convenience.
Knowledge and time starved, business owners will finally have the knowledge and the nudge they need to begin to harvest their life’s work.
This program can be ordered now, with discounts available until April 6th, to celebrate the host, Marian Cook’s, publication on that date of the book “Selling Your Business For More: Maximizing Returns for You, Your Family, and Your Business” (Palgrave Macmillan).
The curriculum covers:
What builds business value and how to capitalize on it, from Jeff Hoffman, a successful serial entrepreneur and former CEO of Priceline.com
How to prepare, sell and merge your business with a larger one, from Mike Nikolich, former CEO of PR firm TechImage and current CMO of SmithBucklin
How to work with experienced buyers, from Dave Tolmie, former business owner and current partner with the private equity firm Edgewater Partners
Upcoming trends that you can act on now, from Marian Salzman, one of the top trendspotters in the world and President of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
How to make global deals, including with potential foreign buyers, from Dr. Jeswald Salacuse, a top law professor and author
How China can fit in your business growth and exit plans, from Anita Tang, Managing Director of Royal Roots Global, Inc.
When and how to work with a business broker, from Andrew Cagnetta, Chairman of the International Business Brokers Association
How your perception of your business’s value and the market’s may differ, and how to bridge the value gap, from Mike Nall, founder of the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors
How you can use the business valuation software the professionals use to understand and grow your business’s value before you sell it, from David Fein, CEO of ValuSource Software
How to use market cycles and overcome growth barriers in the private market, from Richard Trottier, author and President of Sundial Partners, a private investment banking firm
What drives business value and how to improve it, from Mel Abraham, CVA and CPA, and a top ranked international speaker
How to build a realistic and achievable exit strategy, quick tips to prepare your business for sale, and make a merger work, from your series host Marian Cook
How to increase your work life balance now to make the transition out of business ownership easier, from Alan Davidson, author and founder of Through Your Body
How to determine if you can and should retire abroad, from Winton Churchill, a top international living expert
How to set and achieve life goals after selling the business, from Werner Berger, the oldest North American to summit Mt. Everest, and President of Strategic Results International
Based on working with business owners for over 25 years, this program teaches how to responsibly step away from a business, reap the rewards for a life’s work, and move into a new life that the business owner has designed.
WHAT: Selling Your Business For More Telesummit
WHY: Get practical and valuable information from world class experts
WHEN: April 6, 2010
WHERE: http://www.businesstransitionexperts.com/
About Business Transition Experts:
We are a client-focused, tech savvy management consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses grow, prosper and transition to new ownership, and business owners transition to a new life of their design.
