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Growth & Exit Digest

by Podcraftr

Your expert source strategic insights on scaling and successfully selling your business. Each edition addresses issues relevant to those challenges and will help you make the right decisions that will maximize potential

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Episodes

  1. Planning to Sell? Why Early Planning is the Key to a Profitable Exit

    In this episode of the Growth & Exit Digest, the host, Mike Levison sheds light on the present state of the market for selling businesses, influenced by the imminent retirement wave of Baby Boomer business owners. This phenomenon brings both opportunities for younger buyers and challenges for...

  2. Tax-Smart Exits: Strategies to Keep More from Your Business Sale

    In this episode of the Growth & Exit Digest, Mike Levison highlights the significance of tax planning in successfully executing a business exit. He emphasizes the difference between short-term versus long-term capital gains tax and how asset holding duration can aid in reducing the tax burden....

  3. Brand or Bust: How to Protect Your Business Identity During a Sale

    Mike Levison of the Growth and Exit Digest podcast encourages business owners looking to sell to take steps to secure their brand identity. These include understanding your brand's value, ensuring post-sale brand integration goes smoothly, preserving your business's legacy, and using legal...

  4. Selling Your Business? How to Manage Employee Impact and Retention

    In the fourth part of the eight-part series, Mike Levison from Value Acceleration Partners addresses the critical areas business owners need to consider when planning to sell a business, focusing on the impacts of a sale on employees, preventive measures for disruption, and maintaining business...

  5. Life After the Sale: How to Avoid Seller’s Remorse and Plan for What’s Next

    In the episode, Mike Levison, founder of Value Acceleration Partners, explores crucial aspects of selling a business. He discusses the need for personal and professional goals alignment for the seller, contemplating activities, hobbies, and life changes that were sidelined due to business. Mike...

  6. The Key Questions to Answer Before Selling Your Business

    In the podcast episode, Mike Levison, founder of Value Acceleration Partners, explores the concept of readiness to sell a business, emphasizing that it's more than a financial undertaking but also a significant turning point in a business owner's life. He breaks down readiness into three main...

  7. Maximizing Your Business Sale: What Strategic Buyers Really Want

    In this podcast, Mike Levison, the founder of Value Acceleration Partners, provides insight on selling a business to a strategic buyer for optimal value. He emphasizes that strategic buyers seek businesses that enhance their operations, fill gaps, and offer new opportunities. To appeal to these...

  8. More than EBITDA: How to Maximize Your Business’s True Value Before Selling

    In this podcast episode, host Mike Levison shares eight key value drivers aimed to maximize a business's value, reduce its risks, and secure the best possible valuation. He discusses the importance of fostering a strong company culture, expanding the breadth of management, strengthening the...

  9. Rollover Equity 101: Turning Today’s Sale into Tomorrow’s Opportunity

    In this podcast, Mike Levison delves into the intricacies of rollover equity - a mechanism used in mergers and acquisitions where the seller retains some ownership in the enterprise post-sale, allowing them to benefit from its future growth. It discusses rollover equity as an advantageous…

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  10. Why a Competitive Process is Key to Getting the Best Deal

    In the latest episode of the Growth & Exit Digest, Mike Levison discusses the significance and mechanics of a competitive sales process in the context of business sales. He stresses that a competitive sales process proactively engages multiple potential buyers to obtain the most favorable deal.…

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  11. Tax-Savvy Exits: Key Strategies to Boost Business Value and Avoid Costly Pitfalls

    In this episode of Growth & Exit Digest, host Mike Levison discusses the importance of proper tax strategies for increasing business value and facilitating a smooth exit. He emphasizes the importance of pre-sale tax planning to optimize business valuation and ensuring favorable tax outcomes. Mike...

  12. Important Steps To Maximize Enterprise Value

    In this episode of the Growth & Exit Digest, Mike Levison discusses the crucial elements of preparing a business for sale and boosting its value. He emphasizes the importance of early planning, operational efficiency, clean financials, growth strategies, due diligence preparation, a capable...

  13. Important Steps in Boosting Your Enterprise Value

    In the podcast episode, Mike Levison discusses crucial steps business owners can take to amplify the value of their businesses before selling. The podcast emphasizes the importance of planning 2-5 years ahead of the intended sell date to allow ample time for optimizing financial records and...

  14. Maximizing Business Value: Onboarding Strategies To Boost Performance

    The episode of the Growth & Exit Digest podcast, hosted by Mike, focuses on onboarding strategies aimed at maximizing business value for small and medium enterprises. Mike emphasizes the importance of pre-boarding, stressing that preparing for a new recruit's arrival and setting expectations can...

  15. Onboarding Strategies to Boost Performance and Improve Retention

    In this episode of Growth & Exit Digest, Mike explores effective onboarding strategies to enhance a business's value by improving employee performance and retention. He outlines crucial steps starting with pre-boarding, where employers engage future team members with welcome packets, through to...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Your expert source strategic insights on scaling and successfully selling your business. Each edition addresses issues relevant to those challenges and will help you make the right decisions that will maximize potential

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Your expert source strategic insights on scaling and successfully selling your business. Each edition addresses issues relevant to those challenges and will help you make the right decisions that will maximize potential

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