“MORE THAN 75% OF TODAY’S BUSINESS OWNERS plan to retire in the next 10 years. But, who will buy their businesses from them? The sad fact is most of these businesses are far too small for investment banks to acquire, so they will just cease to operate and disappear, despite the fact that many are still thriving, successful and profitable today. Others will be absorbed by competitors or foreign emerging markets. In today’s economic climate, the only chance an owner has of selling or transitioning their business is to implement a sweeping strategy Luke Lowrey calls The Four Pillars.”

INSIGHTS

Aug 201128

IT USED TO BE THAT THE EVER-GROWING western economy covered the flaws of a business – and this was superficially true. Most business success in the past 60 years has occurred because of conditions outside the boardroom – like, say, the incredible economic growth consistent since World War 2 – and not because of the talent, products or location. It …

May 201117

IT IS ALMOST REDUNDANT to suggest that the media has some morbid fascination with pushing an apocalypse of gloom and doom. And while it’s not as exciting to acknowledge as the scary bedtime stories of impending global collapse, it nonetheless remains the truth: the world’s economy is still remarkably strong. Macro-economy is functionally based on a simple relationship between two …