Selling Successfully: Strategies for Business Owners
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Selling Successfully: Strategies for Business Owners
November 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Description
This webinar is designed to help business owners navigate the complex process of selling their businesses while preparing for retirement. Topics include evaluating retirement readiness, preparing for the sale process, understanding key market trends, and ensuring financial security post-exit. Expert insights will be shared on planning a successful transition, handling valuation and negotiations, and avoiding common pitfalls. Attendees will gain actionable strategies to sell their business effectively while securing their retirement goals.
In this course, you will learn:
- How to assess retirement readiness
- How to ensure financial security
- How to prepare your business for sale
- About lower middle market trends
You may be eligible for 1 CPD hour.
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Speaker Bios
Ryan Buist
MBA, CBV, CFA
Ryan is a Chartered Business Valuator who joined Portage M&A Advisory as VP of M&A and Valuations in 2021 and became a partner in 2022. Prior to Portage, Ryan worked as a Business Valuation Specialist at Taylor Leibow and spent several years as a proprietary equities trader before pursuing his MBA.
During Ryan’s MBA, he completed co-ops with OSFI (Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions), which regulates federally registered banks, and Global Governance Advisors, a firm specializing in compensation, succession planning, and corporate governance. In both roles, he regularly interacted with senior management and boards of directors.
Ryan focuses on business valuation and transaction advisory, helping entrepreneurs grow through strategic acquisitions or exit effectively with tailored divestiture strategies. He also assists clients in identifying and implementing value-enhancing strategies.
Portage M&A Advisory is a dynamic team passionate about helping business owners achieve their goals. Portage M&A specializes in guiding private companies through divestitures, focusing on lower-middle market businesses with enterprise values of $4M to $40M, across industries like manufacturing, construction, and professional services in Ontario. The company’s goal is to ensure win-win outcomes in every transaction.
