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Exit Strategy - Allan Hartley : moderator

What can be plainer than this topic? How do you end your career, how do you retire? How do you get something for all those years of hard work? But, the real question is: Are you ready? What we will be addressing here is exactly that: how to get yourself ready to retire, or sell. Definitely a session for owners and managers, this topic with experts from the industry in terms of selling and setting valuations on your profitability and net worth, not to mention how to market yourself and to the right people. This session will illustrate exactly what needs to be done. Everything from an outright sale of your organization to a merger with a larger corporation or even a transition sale to your current employees will be discussed. How do you do it? When do you get started and how do you prepare? What are the steps necessary to get there? These are just some of the powerful information you will learn from these experts.

In true educational format, this is a Panel discussion. That means you get to ask questions. You get to use real examples of what you are currently experiencing. And, you get to hear the answers from experts in their field who deal with businesses in OUR field. These participants do this and do it well every day. Allan Hartley who has been in Mergers and Acquisitions as well as training and education and consulting to our industry for the past 25 years hosts this panel. This panel promises to be valuable in terms of your next steps in owning a business, which may lead you to selling a business!