Exit Plans Do Not Always Require A Sale

Exit Plans Do Not Always Require A Sale So what else can you do besides selling? What constitutes a successful business exit? A few examples, which does not need to include selling everything to strangers as part of your plan: All in the family: The Tuttle family, of Dover, New Hampshire, kept a dairy operation…

Business Issues In Estate Administration

Just delivered a talk to the DuPage County Bar Association on family business issues in estate disputes. Reminded those present that most buy-sell agreements are not funded with “Key Man” insurance, that most spouses and children are incompetent to manage the business but want money, and that even rich people like the Wrigleys and the…

Buy-Sell Agreements

There are two times that business partners argue: when they have money, and when they don’t. Those alternatives cover all available time segments, so if you’re advising people on how they should organize their business, some rules for the arguments may be in order. The classic horror story about such arguments is the Illinois appellate…