Comments for Stage 2 Solution http://stage2.wordpress.com A place for conversations about increasing and harvesting value from private businesses Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Box Management by stage2 http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/box-management/#comment-573 stage2 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:33:06 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-573 This post was not about finance and I haven't written anything else on this particular subject. You can find more information on the articles section of our web site www.stage2planning.com. Thanks for your interest. Josh Patrick Stage 2 Planning Partners 20 Kimball Ave., Suite 201 South Burlington, VT 05403 Jpatrick@stage2planning.com 802-846-1264 Phone 802-846-1269 Fax 877-880-5112 Toll Free www.stage2solution.com www.stage2planning.com Financial Planning and Investments offered the NFP Securities, Inc. OSJ - 4 British American Blvd., Latham, NY 12110 Tel. 518-608-8939 NASD/SPIC This electronic mail transmission and any accompanying attachment(s) or entity(ies) name above. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please immediately delete the E-mail and notify the sender at the above E-mail address. Thank you. This post was not about finance and I haven’t written anything else on this particular subject. You can find more information on the articles section of our web site http://www.stage2planning.com.

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]]> Comment on The psychosis of selling a business by Selling a business can mess with your mind. « sell-the-goose http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-psychosis-of-selling-a-business/#comment-567 Selling a business can mess with your mind. « sell-the-goose Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:40:48 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-567 [...] More… [...] [...] More… [...]

]]> Comment on The psychosis of selling a business by Eric Williams http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-psychosis-of-selling-a-business/#comment-566 Eric Williams Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:06:59 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-566 Great post. I'm a business broker and one of the other irrational issues I sometimes experience with business sellers is that they will carefully and irrationally guard details and information about the business that isn't particularly sensitive information, and furthermore is protected by the confidentiality agreement. As a broker I have to remind them that one of the most important issues in successfully selling a business is to build trust with a buyer, and that withholding information that isn't particularly sensitive (or needlessly delaying it) is very counter-productive to building the trust necessary to give a buyer the confidence to move forward. After all, much of what the business buyer is purchasing is based on representations made by the business seller. Great post. I’m a business broker and one of the other irrational issues I sometimes experience with business sellers is that they will carefully and irrationally guard details and information about the business that isn’t particularly sensitive information, and furthermore is protected by the confidentiality agreement. As a broker I have to remind them that one of the most important issues in successfully selling a business is to build trust with a buyer, and that withholding information that isn’t particularly sensitive (or needlessly delaying it) is very counter-productive to building the trust necessary to give a buyer the confidence to move forward. After all, much of what the business buyer is purchasing is based on representations made by the business seller.

]]> Comment on We all need a Dr. House by John Skrypa http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/we-all-need-a-dr-house/#comment-560 John Skrypa Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:17:51 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-560 Josh - outstanding analogy and articulation of the problem. For years I've been put off from going to yet another generic GP who just runs his limited set of tests and referrals to their little personal network of 'specialists' only to send you home in the end with nothing (except "better diet and excersize" or some other waste basket diagnosis/conclusion). Any luck finding any resources or getting a bead on someone like you describe? Josh – outstanding analogy and articulation of the problem. For years I’ve been put off from going to yet another generic GP who just runs his limited set of tests and referrals to their little personal network of ’specialists’ only to send you home in the end with nothing (except “better diet and excersize” or some other waste basket diagnosis/conclusion).

Any luck finding any resources or getting a bead on someone like you describe?

]]> Comment on The psychosis of selling a business by Ingerminenue http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-psychosis-of-selling-a-business/#comment-549 Ingerminenue Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:07:24 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-549 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> Comment on We all need a Dr. House by Randy Fox http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/we-all-need-a-dr-house/#comment-535 Randy Fox Tue, 13 May 2008 13:00:39 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-535 I see you're liking my ideas I see you’re liking my ideas

]]> Comment on Another idea for captive insurance companies by Dennis Silvia http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/another-idea-for-captive-insurance-companies/#comment-507 Dennis Silvia Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:32:28 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-507 Unless there is a natural aggregation point for assembling group captive programs the exercise is much like herding cats. Josh, the fact that your firm has a connection with the vending industry makes you a viable aggregation point and you have already overcome the most significant hurdle to group captive formation. The next most significant hurdle is to structure the risk sharing components of the program in such a way that they are fair and equitable to all the members of the group and are simple enough for the average business person to understand. The advent of rent-a-captive programs worldwide provide a relatively inexpensive option to having to fund a group-owned captive insurance company. The captive insurance environment is ripe with these kinds of opportunities for firms that have access to groups of companies linked by a common industry need. Modern captive insurance arrangements are as much about meeting strategic goals and problem solving as they are about classic risk management. Unless there is a natural aggregation point for assembling group captive programs the exercise is much like herding cats. Josh, the fact that your firm has a connection with the vending industry makes you a viable aggregation point and you have already overcome the most significant hurdle to group captive formation. The next most significant hurdle is to structure the risk sharing components of the program in such a way that they are fair and equitable to all the members of the group and are simple enough for the average business person to understand. The advent of rent-a-captive programs worldwide provide a relatively inexpensive option to having to fund a group-owned captive insurance company. The captive insurance environment is ripe with these kinds of opportunities for firms that have access to groups of companies linked by a common industry need. Modern captive insurance arrangements are as much about meeting strategic goals and problem solving as they are about classic risk management.

]]> Comment on Peer to peer groups by Ric Franzi http://stage2.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/peer-to-peer-groups/#comment-498 Ric Franzi Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:52:19 +0000 http://stage2.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-498 Josh Have you looked into Executive Forums as an alternative to Vistage? Our members find they are getting the same value with less time spent away from work. I would encourage you to visit our site www.executiveforums.com. Sincerely Ric Franzi Josh

Have you looked into Executive Forums as an alternative to Vistage? Our members find they are getting the same value with less time spent away from work. I would encourage you to visit our site http://www.executiveforums.com.

Sincerely
Ric Franzi

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