My brother Shaun and I were at a vineyard in the Adelaide hills a few months back. When the staffer offered us a 100-year-old port, we...

A brief history Depending on how you mark the start date, the exit planning profession is now 15 - 20 years old. In 2001, veteran...

The NBA finals has a Hennessy commercial which starts with the phrase “it’s gut check time,” and it got me thinking. I believe that...

💣 keep messy records 💣 leave sale until the latest possible time, 64 and 9 months seems to be a popular choice 💣 have bad...

The technical answer is, long before the person even -enters- business. When folks invest into property or stock, they normally have a...

You know how people say you should work on the business and not just in it? Its Mission Statement is one of the things they are talking...

“I wish we met you two years ago.” The most common feedback I get. The problem with low urgency, high importance work like exit planning...

When I was 13 I suffered a ruptured appendix and nearly died. I was in hospital for a few weeks and I was in a ward. There was a guy...

This is the approach I take. Evaluate your business idea honestly: as Catherine Fake, founder of Flickr.com once said: “So often people...

If you are a business owner with a year or two (ideally more than that) years up your sleeve ahead of sale, you should be doing some...

I think I might understand, Mr or Ms Business Buyer. You did all the right, safe things: you bought your home, maybe an investment...

Let me tell you about the day I fell in love with the Discounted Cash Flows approach to valuation. It was late 2013, my very last...

The Australian Government announced a massive increase in Defence spending last week to take place over the next decade. I thought it...

I became a Certified Exit Planning Adviser through the Exit Planning Institute in 2012 and have been helping businesses maximise their...

The health officials are responsibly instructing us to remain vigilant but it's difficult to ignore the downward-curve-bending headlines...

To get the juices flowing again in 2020, here's my Top 50 Stats for Business: Does anything jump out at you in particular and if so,...