19: Chris & Barbara Taylor of Allan Taylor & Co.

A little about our guests.Chris and Barbara live in Northwest Arkansas with their two boys. Chris is from Castle Rock, Colorado while Barbara hails from Seattle, WA. They’ve been married since 2003 and met when they worked together in corporate America from 2000 – 2002. Chris was born and raised in the entrepreneurial life, growing up in his family’s business. His sense of adventure made him a serial entrepreneur and a professional motocross racer. Barbara was a corporate career person and tended toward marketing roles. She is a writer and contributor to the New York Times blog and Forbes.com. A little about their businessAllan Taylor is a boutique mergers & acquisitions company. They are focused on helping business owners sell their business to the right people at the right time for the right price. Barbara and Chris take your life’s work as seriously as you do. They give careful thought and consideration to each engagement they take, and make sure that their strengths are a good match for their clients and their clients’ goals for a sale. Honesty and integrity are key to how they do business. One piece of advice (the nutshell version)Find really good, consultative people on your team. Get rid of the “yes men,” and get people who will tell you the truth. Don’t underestimate the amount of capital it will take to get up and running. If possible, try to keep one salary. Get very clear on each other’s roles in the business. Reading MaterialThe Golden Fitch by Donna Tartt ()Alive – The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read ()Out Of The Ashes: The Story Of A Survivor by Leon Thorne () Get in Touch with Our GuestsAllan Taylor & Co.4201 W New Hope Rd., Suite 202Rogers, AR 72758(479) 254-7887 phone & faxwww.allantaylor.coTwitter - @ballantaylorBlog - http://www.allantaylor.co/blog