You’ve worked your whole life building your business. It has provided a comfortable lifestyle and perhaps much more. You are at that “certain age” where you face the inflection point of passing the business to the next generation (if they exist or if they want it) or sell. Perhaps you are at a different inflection point where you want to remain active. You have built your company but it will take outside capital plus more to bring the business to the next level. You need the “right” partner...

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Entrepreneurs are optimistic by nature. We get it. It’s in our DNA too. Making lemons into lemonade is SOP. Next year we hope it will always be better. But will it? Clearly there is an array of operational issues that can improve a business. But weigh this against the macro landscape of economic uncertainty, interest rate volatility and political turmoil. The Capital Markets remain strong today but will that be the case if or when your company turns around? Moving one level down you may face...