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The Great Business Transition: As Baby Boomers Retire, a Wave of Opportunity Emerges
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Introduction: A Demographic & Economic Turning Point Baby boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are now entering or firmly within retirement age. As of mid-2025, this is ushering in an unprecedented shift: a massive wave of business ownership changes. These entrepreneurs, often owners of long-standing small or mid-sized businesses, are now contemplating retirement, triggering a…
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Exit with Purpose
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For many entrepreneurs, the word “exit” feels loaded — synonymous with quitting, failure, or even betrayal of the mission they’ve poured themselves into. But as the book Exiting with Impact: How to Leave Your Business and Your Legacy makes clear, exiting is not the end of the entrepreneurial journey. It is, in fact, its…
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Strategic Planning for Exit
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Planning for Exit: Why Every Founder Should Begin with the End in Mind “Most entrepreneurs plan to leave their business eventually — but far too few plan how.”This paradox has stayed with me over the years, as I’ve mentored founders through both the highs of growth and the quiet, often uncomfortable, conversations about exit.…
