Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Exit Strategies


Just been asked for my article on exit strategy. Had a quick look and there seems to be quite a choice...
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  1. Exit Strategies
  2. Time for a Sharp Exit - exit options
  3. Let's Talk Exit (Growing Business Magazine)

  4. Entrepreneurs Refuse the Big Big Payouts

  5. How Much Is My Business Worth?

  6. Let's Talk... Exit, Sell or Retire




also see Business For Sale and Succession Planning in FreshBusinessThinking and Business: Exit Strategies at Ecademy  for a slightly different spin on the original articles.

Also see Escape Options - Planning a Profitable Exit in Business Zone
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22 comments:

  1. Brad01 February, 2011 10:13

    The Dos and Don'ts in the Growing Busienss article are short and to the point. The same key points are repeated so by the end you get it.

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  2. Shaa02 February, 2011 08:54

    IMHO not enough people confront the Exit issue. Even worse than wills, people just don't think about it. Not very clever.

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  3. Tim H03 February, 2011 11:11

    Are you still running the Let's Talk Exit seminars?

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  4. Robert A07 February, 2011 13:19

    Intersting approach. Nothing revolutionary but good commeon sense.

    Too few people think about the Exit strategy and how they are going to get there. And what to do when they get there.

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  5. Karin H08 February, 2011 12:18

    Am re-reading "Rework" by the founders of 37Sginals.

    Prefer their view: you don't need an exit strategy, you need a COMMITMENT strategy.

    Amen to that ;-)

    Karin H (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

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  6. Unknown09 February, 2011 11:58

    Suggest you take a look at Small Giants by Bo Burligham....

    http://robert-craven.blogspot.com/2007/09/small-giants-companies-that-choose-to.html

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  7. Unknown09 February, 2011 12:01

    Tim

    With Barclays, we are running small masterclass session (80 mins long) all across the country. Short lead in time and you need to chack int ot he office to find out latest venues (Manchester, Dartford, Ipswich, Birmingham all coming up soon...)
    office@directorscentre.com

    invite only... not published but we do promote to our Online Business Club subscribers
    www.directorscentre.co.uk

    Robert

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  8. Glyn09 February, 2011 16:38

    Agreed Bo Burlingham is worth a look. Glyn

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  9. Glyn10 March, 2011 10:08

    Agreed Bo Burlingham is worth a look. Glyn

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  10. Robert A10 March, 2011 10:08

    Intersting approach. Nothing revolutionary but good commeon sense.

    Too few people think about the Exit strategy and how they are going to get there. And what to do when they get there.

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  11. Shaa10 March, 2011 10:08

    IMHO not enough people confront the Exit issue. Even worse than wills, people just don't think about it. Not very clever.

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  12. Robert Craven11 March, 2011 12:49

    Barclays mini-tour continues. Email rc@directorscentre.com for more details
    Bristol, Nottingham, Swindon, Middlesboro to name a few...

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  13. Richard01 April, 2011 09:38

    An interesting set of articles and blogs. Good food for thought and will sen on to my accountanat. Be interesting to hear what he has to say.

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  14. Karin H (=Hermans)05 April, 2011 16:31

    Had a look at Small Giants, but it didn't really impress me, to be honest. Even found it a bit boring, focusing on "small" USA businesses and higgledy-piggledy written.

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  15. Robert Craven05 April, 2011 20:11

    What I enjoyed was the general thrust of the book - that businesses do not have to sell out.

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  16. Karin H (=Hermans)06 April, 2011 10:56

    True, hence my remark from a month ago from a much better book - see below

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  17. Robert Craven06 April, 2011 12:05

    Have got rework on the shelf but haven't gone through it. I will do that ASAP...

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  18. Robert Craven20 May, 2011 22:43

    The thing about #exits is… http://t.co/qpGwLG6
    Growing Business Mag

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  19. Martin21 June, 2011 06:59

    So how does this compare with the article in Better Business magazine by Colin Thompson?

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  20. Robert Craven21 June, 2011 14:47

    Martin

    The two articles are identical (IOD one from my website circa 1996 http://www.robert-craven.co.uk/article-business-exit-strategy-options.php
    and the one in Better Business magazine..
    Mine was written by myself.

    Have contacted the magazine three times but no reply.

    What would you do?

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  21. Mike Davis22 June, 2011 10:43

    Not quite clear here, Robert

    You ran a series of workshops for Barclays "Let's Talk... Exit Strategies" You used your article and based the whole workshop on your materials.

    So, are they your materials or the work of this Colin Thompson?

    I have seen the Better Business article and it is the same as your workshop notes, slides and accompanying article but that was back in 2005/6

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  22. Robert Craven22 June, 2011 11:18

    Mike

    The facts:

    All the material referred to was written by me and not by Colin Thompson.

    The article in Better Business magazine is attributed to him by the magazine.

    It also appears in one of his ebooks and in one of his newsletters. It was written by me in 2006.

    If you wish to continue this conversation then can we do it offline rc@thedc.co.uk

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