Is there a difference between entrepreneurs and business owners?
The terms entrepreneur and business owner are often used interchangeably. At a recent XPX-D.C. Metro breakfast, the two panelists were introduced as serial entrepreneurs and, it is true, each had founded four unique businesses. And although this was an Exit Planning Exchange event, these entrepreneurs did not talk much at all about how they transferred [...]
XPX-DC Metro event – October 20 – Potomac, MD
Thursday morning, October 20, Potomac, MD XPX – D.C. Metro will present Jack Moore, a fourth-generation family member and former board director of Benjamin Moore & Co., a publicly-owned manufacturer of industrial maintenance coatings. Mr. Moore will tell the story of how this fourth generation, family owned business founded in 1883 streamlined its operations and doubled its [...]
XPX – Connecticut Sept. 13 evening networking, Greenwich Harbor
Join your colleagues for an evening of networking outside on the Withers Bergman dock on Greenwich Harbor. The evening will include public speaking coach Debbie Fay who debunks the myths and illuminates the realities of what makes confident compelling change-making presenters and presentations, the kind who deliver presentations that get results. Debbie Fay is the [...]
XPX – Washington D.C. Metro event – June 15
XPX friend Mario Ricciardelli will speak on “From dorm room to public company buyout: Lessons learned along the way to a successful exit”. Mario will enlighten the audience with his first-hand experiences around building his successful business, his ownership transfer through a sale, and the role of advisors throughout. He will also speak about the owners whose companies he acquired for the UK company that acquired his own firm six years ago. This is the inaugural event for the Washington D.C. Metro chapter of XPX!
Seeing the hidden value in companies
How’s this for making intangibles tangible? This photo shows my partner, Mary Adams, sharing the summary graphs from two IC Value Driver Reports that we recently completed: The photo was taken earlier this week at the Exit Planning Exchange Summit 2011. The twist was that the legend for the graphs was hidden by a red [...]
XPX 2011 Summit – Babson College – Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tuesday, March 15 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA – XPX 2011 Summit This year’s theme is: Assess, Adapt and Arrive: Navigating through challenging terrain.Topics within th is theme include: · Dealing with difficult landscape facing business owners · How advisors can help guide owners through the rough terrain · Getting owners and advisors to try new things · Making a bigger [...]
Announcements – XPX Boston, XPX Connecticut, XPX Philadelphia, XPX Summit, Mary Adams
Wednesday, February 16 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, What Every Business Owner should know about Private Equity, Babson College. Mark Jrolf is the Managing Partner of Heritage Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm that has a different approach to investing in family-owned businesses than most equity groups. Heritage provides capital for companies to diversify shareholder net [...]
XPX Boston breakfast – Jan. 19 – Conflict resolution and negotiation in private business
On Wednesday morning, January 19, 2011, at Babson College, Deb Bing, a Principal at the Center for Applied Research, will speak on conflict resolution and negotiation in private businesses. She will focus on the destructive potential of conflict as well as the paralysis that can result from avoiding conflict.
December 9th in Wellesley, MA – XPX Boston – Valuation in M&A
This session will discuss the metrics needed to maximize our clients’ companies’ value, how we can help them determine their return on investment in their company as part of their overall investment strategy and how value depends on the many exit options available to business owners.
November 16th in Philadelphia, PA – Exit Stories from the Trenches
November 16th in Philadelphia, PA- Exit Stories from the Trenches For this breakfast meeting, we’ll have the perspective of three seasoned advisors who have worked with hundreds of companies, and seen all types of situations and outcomes. They will share their memorable stories of successes and lessons learned. We will conclude with a summary of the biggest challenges faced by advisors in working [...]
