81% of Business Owners Want to Exit Their Businesses, But Most Will Fail Without This Key Element – Enterprise Podcast Network

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Chris Vanderzyden, a founding partner of Legacy Partners, LLP, an exit planning and M&A advisory firm dedicated to creating and executing exit strategies for privately held business owners joins Enterprise Radio. Her newest book is: Master Your Exit Plan: Sell Your Business, Preserve Your Legacy.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Chris Vanderzyden discuss the following:

Your book is entitled Master Your Exit Plan. What exactly is an exit plan?
Many business owners are unaware of the exit strategies available to them – what are the options, and what is the most common path taken?
Every business owner dreams of getting the big pay day by selling their company but many fail- why?
How does a business owner determine when it is a good time to sell?
What is the process a business owner should follow when selling their business?
How does a business owner know if they will have enough money to go on to their next chapter after they sell their business?

Chris Vanderzyden, CPA, CVGA, CEPA, is an author, speaker, and leading educator on exit planning and mergers and acquisitions. She is a founding partner of Legacy Partners, LLP, an exit planning and M&A advisory firm dedicated to creating and executing exit strategies for privately held business owners.

Her career began as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers, then as an asset manager with Northwest Asset Management in Los Angeles, California. Following her positions in the corporate world, she became an entrepreneur, having sold two businesses herself, and has consulted for privately held companies in driving business value and exit strategies for decades.

Vanderzyden speaks internationally on exit planning and mergers and acquisitions, is an expert contributor for media outlets, a guest lecturer for Harvard University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation class, and the bestselling author of 7 Steps to Entrepreneurial Victory. Her newest book, Master Your Exit Plan: Sell Your Business, Preserve Your Legacy (Emerald Lake Books; April 19, 2022), offers a step-by-step roadmap to successfully selling a business and includes in-depth advice from five preeminent industry contributors.