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Your Exit Strategy Starts Sooner Than You Think

9 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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100%. So in one of my— the first conversations I even have with potential clients of us is ask them what their goal is for the business the next 3 to 5 years. A lot of them do have exit plans or it's— or some of them are building multigenerational companies. They all have different goals, but the timeframe is critical, right? Because you're looking at— it's always from X to Y by when, right? So it's looking at what you're currently— what are you looking for from an exit perspective? Have they stopped to think about that? Yeah. How much money do they need or want and how much is enough? Like if they're looking for retirement and not looking to work again. So there's a lot to unpack there to figure out, you know, the economics behind what they're trying to achieve and then look at where they are and then see what they— in some cases, like their timeframe is not even realistic. And that's something we have to break down and think through.