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"No two exit experiences are exactly likewise. Some people discover happy with the process and content with just how it turned out, while others look back onto it as a headache. The question I am hoping to answer in this audiobook is excatly why. What do the people who have 'good' exits do in different ways from those who'd got 'bad' exits?" When pioneering business journalist and Inc. publication editor at large Bo Burlingham wrote Small Giants, it became an instant classic for its original take on a standard business problem - the way to handle the pressure to expand. Now Burlingham is back to tackle an even more common problem - how to leave your small business well. Sooner or later, all enterprisers leave their businesses and everything businesses get sold, distributed, or liquidated. Whatever your preferred outcome, you need to start planning for it when you still have time and options. The beautiful part is the fact that if you start early enough, the process will cause you to create a better, much better, more resilient company, as well as one with a higher market value. Regrettably, most owners don't start early enough - and pay a steep price for their procrastination. Burlingham interviewed a large number of entrepreneurs across a variety of business and identified eight key factors that determine whether owners are happy after going out of their businesses. His book showcases the insights, leave programs, and cautionary tales of enterprisers such as Ray Pagano: creator of a respected manufacturer of housings for security camera systems. He turned down a bid for his company and instead changed his management style, resulting in a subsequent sales for four times the original offer. Charge Niman: creator of the iconic Niman Ranch, which revolutionized the beef industry. He learned about unhappy exits when he was required to sell to private collateral investors, going out of him with little or nothing showing for his 35 years running a business.
