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,...
Business owners and individuals alike have been well acquainted with the need for a Back-up plan in these times! Our guest for this #PoisedforExit episode is Cindy Reid-Shelton, partner, co-founder and adviser with the Ready For Next brand of companies. Cindy has been advising business owners and other advisers for 30 years. She's an expert on planning for contingencies and I had...
The guest for this #PoisedforExit episode is Kit Welchlin. Be prepared with a notebook when you listen to the show! We've all had to deal with very tough situations over the past year and a half. It could be that some of your relationships which ordinarily would have been counted as your closest, are now strained due to emotions running...
In this episode we interviewed Russ Fleming, a partner at Baker Tilly, who runs their Real Estate and Construction division in Minneapolis. Russ and I talked today about Private Equity as a viable option, and specifically what he and his clients are experiencing with that type of exit strategy. Some of the Private Equity trends he's noticed are really trends that...
In this episode of #PoisedforExit, we interviewed Bret Erickson, President of Passkey Technology, a managed IT services firm. Bret has been on the show before, and we brought him back because we know by the number of downloads from the previous episode, he was a popular guest speaking on a hot topic. Bret talked about how things have changed...
