By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
So you’ve shaken hands and signed on the dotted line. Time to bust out the cocktails and take a yearlong trip without your cell phone or laptop, right? Almost. Be sure you have the following loose ends tied up, then go ahead and book your flight:
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
Ideally, exit planning starts the moment a business gets under way, with the owner basing most company decisions and long-term goals with his or her eventual exit in mind. A thorough, comprehensive exit plan can take years to fully develop.
In reality, many business owners find themselves scrambling to put together an exit plan at the last minute, less than a year from
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
Your participation in clubs and organizations shouldn’t end in high school. Joining a professional organization of like-minded businesspeople can do a lot for your business and your personal livelihood. Here are just a few benefits of joining an entrepreneurial organization:
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
What do you consider your most important responsibility as a small business owner? Guiding the fiscal growth of your company? Bringing in big business? Ensuring the business’s long-term reputation? How does establishing company culture fit into your vision of yourself as an entrepreneur?
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By Mark Tepper, the president of Strategic Wealth Partners and an EO Cleveland member
Like all major events in life, the day you sell your business can either be one of the greatest, most joyful things you’ll ever experience or one that will bother you for years to come. For too many entrepreneurs, it’s the latter.
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By Mark Tepper, assignment help an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
The ultimate test of your business can be found in a simple question: Would someone want to buy your company? Whether you want to sell next year or in a decade from now, you must be building an asset that someone would buy – otherwise, you have a job, not a business.
Here are eight ways to ensure you are building a company, not just doing a job:
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
Did you see the news that Facebook has recently acquired Internet messaging service WhatsApp for US$19 billion? It represents the largest-ever acquisition of an Internet company in history.
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member, and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
For many, January is a time of rebirth and resolutions. It’s a month to reflect on last year’s achievements and to set goals for the year ahead.
Some people will set personal goals like losing weight or quitting a nasty habit, and most company owners will set business goals that focus on hitting certain revenue or profit milestones. But if your goal is to own a more valuable business in 2014, you may want to make one of the following New Year’s resolutions:
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
The most powerful metrics in any business are ratios that express your performance on metric A as it relates to metric B. For example, knowing what your revenue was last year is interesting; but knowing what your revenue per employee was will give you a sense of how efficient your business is at leveraging your investment in people.
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