Exit Strategies

Benchmark: Business-Continuation Planning

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Feb 1, 1995

Some data showing 71% of small-business owners have small-business-continuation plans and who provided the plans. Read more

Going Public: It Pays to Be Flexible

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Feb 1, 1995

A comic-book publisher explains how he brought his cash-strapped company through an IPO. Read more

Start-Up News: Speedup in Cashing Out

By Alessandra Bianchi | Jan 1, 1995

Two graphs and some figures suggesting there is a trend that start-ups go public much more quickly than before. Read more

Company Profile: True Value

By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1995

A close-up look at how a new company emerged from failure, and how the cofounders are protecting themselves this time. Read more

Pre-Partnership Pondering

Jan 1, 1995

Partners should discuss their exit strategy. Read more

Do-It-Yourself Public Offering

Jan 1, 1995

Consider a small corporate offering registration instead of a full-blown IPO. Read more

Borrowing from Employees

By Bruce G. Posner | Jan 1, 1992

Raising capital by allowing employees to act as investors. Read more

Repurchasing Employee Stock

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Nov 1, 1991

Understanding the potential risks of ESOPs available repurchase liability software. Read more

Getting The Most Out Of An Esop

By Ellen Wojahn | Jul 1, 1983

It takes more than a piece of the rock to motivate employees. They want to feel they have a piece of the action, too. Read more

Louis Kelso's Esop Crusade

By Michael Rozek | Apr 1, 1982

The inventor of ESOPs talks about how hard it is to put a theory into practice. Read more

How To Decide If Your Company Needs An Esop

Apr 1, 1982

How To Decide If Your Company Needs An Esop. An Employee Stock Ownership Plan carries three fundamental benefits and three fundamental disadvantages for a cl... Read more

What I Learned From Going Public

By Don J. Hindman | Jan 1, 1982

A successful entrepreneur says he would be a lot more careful the second time around. Read more

The IRS Wants to Know: What's Your Business Worth?

By Irving L. Blackman | Jul 1, 1981

The IRS will want to know, and you should know how they'll figure it out. Revenue Ruling 59-60 has the answers. Read more