John Brown
John Brown started his career in Exit Planning 30-plus years ago as an estate planning attorney. He created The Seven Step Exit Planning ProcessTM and successfully tested it on hundreds of his own business-owner clients. In 1990 he wrote How To Run Your Business So You Can Leave It In Style and in 2008 wrote Cash Out Move On: Get Top Dollar-and More-Selling Your Business. With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, John is the number-one selling author on Exit Planning for business owners. In 1996 John started BEI for the express purpose of helping owners benefit from their lives' work by supporting business owners who share the same vision. Learn more here .
Articles by John Brown
- Opinion
How Exit Planning Can Transform Your Advisory Practice and Deepen Client Trust
But weren’t sure how to begin, you’re not alone, many advisors feel that way until they see how simple it can be with the right structure.
- Market Intelligence
6 Dangers of Not Having a Succession Plan
- Market Intelligence
Why Business Owners Favor Third-Party Sales
- Market Intelligence
7 Challenges You May Face When Transferring Your Business to Key Employees
- Market Intelligence
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
Today, we turn to the advantages and disadvantages of business owners selling the stock of their companies to ESOPs.
- Market Intelligence
Buy-Sell Agreements Ignore Most Lifetime Ownership Transfer Events