Our guest in this #PoisedforExit episode featured Leslie Holman, CEO of Pinnacle Performance Group. Leslie bought Pinnacle in 2012 and has since expanded into providing services that help owners execute their growth strategies. Leslie comes from a background in consulting and in Private Equity, which truly set her up for building the organization as she has. Her focus has been...
In this #PoisedforExit episode, we met with someone who has found great success in owning a number of different franchises and living a life he loves at the same time. Ben Cowan, owner and CEO of 360 Wow Inc., is not stranger to owning a business and his big success strategy is happiness. Ben owns several 1-800-Got-Junk franchises, along...
We welcomed back Kyla Hansen today as our featured #PoisedforExit guest to talk about planning for 2022! So much to consider in that loaded topic, but we focused on budgets, projections and what to do with excess cash from PPP funds. Sunbelt Business Advisors is a proud sponsor of the Poised for Exit Podcast. The Poised for Exit...
Our #PoisedforExit show this week featured Sam Eicher, partner with CRE Partners. A firm specializing in commercial real estate representation for buyers and tenants. Sometimes business owners aren't sure if they should lease, buy or move on when it comes to location and expansion decisions. Sam shared some great advice and stories of what he's seeing in the...
I had the privilege of interviewing Kirby Sneen in this #PoisedforExit episode, who is the president of Manufacturer's Alliance in the Twin Cities. Kirby leads a large membership of manufacturing firms with various specialties who seek to develop and grow their companies and their next generation of leadership. To that end, Manufacturer's Alliance has created programs with deliverables that focus on what owners of...
Our show today featured Sandy Hansen Wolff, founder and owner of several companies, including a consulting and speaking firm. Sandy shared the story of how she and her husband, Randy battled his Leukemia just after they got married. Randy owned a feed business that Sandy knew nothing about, but after his passing, she had to learn it,...
This #PoisedforExit episode featured part two of our series with guest interviewers from Sunbelt Business Advisors! Today's interviewer was Mike Slater, a long time M & A adviser and former business owner, who specializes in the hospitality industry. Mike interviewed his client, Jim Armstrong, who sold his numerous Subway restaurants over the course of 3 years, with Mike's expertise. In...
Poised for Exit produced a special edition show and invited Randy Krivo of Sunbelt Business Advisors to be a guest interviewer and feature a client of his who successfully sold her business during COVID! Amy Frischmann and her brother Dan, took over the Wild Mountain Ski Resort from their parents in 1995, who bought the business in 1972. Amy and...
Today's #PoisedforExit episode features Andy Tellijohn, Editor and Publisher of UpSize MN Magazine. UpSize is a magazine for entrepreneurs, with content that focuses on growth and improvement strategies, how-to tips, professional advisory and other matters relevant to business owners. UpSize was founded 20 years ago by Wes Bergstrom and two other partners. Unfortunately, Wes died suddenly in 2020. Since then,...
