Watch a presentation on Valuing Your Business by Chris Jones, President of Sunbelt Business Advisors. Every business owner deserves to know what their business is worth in today’s market. The sale of your company is a major personal and financial decision. Whether you are thinking about selling now, or will continue to grow your business,...
Author: Derek Brown President Brown & Associates Wealth Management You have worked hard for many years to build your business to a point to one day have the financial freedom to work less or not at all. Now, you are considering selling your business in hopes of obtaining that financial freedom. This new phase of...
By Ben Utecht, Super Bowl Champion, Chief Culture Officer for Sunbelt Business Advisors In 2021, 6.1 million viewers tuned into the NFL Draft. Why? Because with a Super Bowl win hanging in the balance, everyone knows recruiting the right players is critical to producing a winning team. Companies, corporations, schools, and non-profits also recruit, or...
A longstanding credo for successful business planning is make specific goals. However, there is such a thing as being overly specific in your goals to the detriment of other things that matter to you. Let’s look at how adding fuzziness to specific goals can make your business planning strategies more fulfilling. Analytics vs. Eye Test...
Running a successful business is complex per se. Adding the element of “family” to a business often creates more complexities, especially as the business grows. Lifelong family bonds and expectations can run headlong into business realities and needs. Today, we’ll share some ideas about how to keep the family business running and the business family...
Successful business owners may face a conundrum as they pursue success. “Though my competitors do something similar, they don’t do it the way I do it. So, how do I know the right way to achieve success, especially if I don’t do things their way?” It’s a bit of a paradox: How can you build...
If cash is king, then cash flow is the kingmaker. Cash flow can have a multiplier effect in terms of achieving your planning goals for a successful future. Often, increasing cash flow requires strong performances from key employees. Let’s look at how properly motivating your key employees could cause a cascading effect that creates a...
It is safe to say the past two years have been full of surprises. Some businesses thrived, while in other areas jobs were lost, companies were forced to go under, and we even lost loved ones along the way. Many businesses were affected by the pandemic in some way or another. According to a survey...
Success is rarely linear. As a business owner, it’s important to both acknowledge that fact and create plans that can provide short-term results while having long-term impacts. Today, we’ll show you four areas in which strong planning and realistic goals can position you to achieve more success in the coming year. 1. Building strong management...
