Dive into an exclusive live demo and info session to show communities how to retain and support their existing businesses through new a new owner engagement approach and a turn-key online learning and engagement platform called the “Business Owner Online Toolkit.” Participants will take a look at the key tools and resources built to help business owners plan and make better, more informed decisions around the succession (or lack thereof) of their business.
If you want to positively impact the current and impending wave of business closures due to a lack of succession planning in your community, then this session is for you. In this highly interactive webinar, participants will gain insights on how empowering businesses owners with sticky planning tools can serve as a low risk, high value economic development opportunity that can significantly enhance business retention, provide dedicated business continuity support and sidestep the impending wave of business closures and liquidation events associated with a lack of community resources and support for business succession planning.
Session Highlights:
Data-Driven Insights into Business Closures: Discover compelling research underscoring the urgent need for prioritizing business succession planning as a pivotal economic development tool promoting retention, resilience and growth.
Navigating the Business Owner Online Toolkit: Engage in an exploration of our advanced portal, filled with advanced business benchmarking tools, scorecards and a myriad of learning resources, each designed to empower business owners in to take more ownership in planning for their succession.
Comprehensive Reports: Unveil an extensive assortment of practical tools and data insights, to offer business owners a clear perspective on their business’s potential value and expert driven insights to help them harvest value from their business.
Real-World Scenarios: Discuss dynamic real-life scenarios, illuminating the profound impact of adept succession planning.
Expert Insights: Gain insights from industry experts and certified exit planning advisors, showcasing proven strategies and actionable steps to maximize owner readiness in your community.
Interactive Q&A Session: Address your questions in real-time, ensuring you leave enriched with clarity, confidence and a tailored action plan.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand how strategic succession planning and online tools can be pivotal in improving outcomes for business retention and continuity efforts within the community.
Explore strategies to amass extensive, current business data, to shape economic development policy and programming to help avert avoidable business closures or liquidations leading to unemployment within the community.
Equip business owners with a comprehensive roadmap, fostering timely preparation and execution of successful business successions within your community.
Who Should Attend? Community and economic development leaders, Chambers of Commerce representatives, Downtown and Mainstreet Program leaders, small business advocates and stakeholders who care about business retention, expansion, and continuity but have limited time and resources to make a significant impact.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 2:30pm EST
Duration: 60 Minutes