Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top Audiobook (Free)

“No two leave experiences are exactly as well. Some people wind up happy with the process and content with the way it turned out while others appear back on it as a problem. The question I hope to answer with this book is why. What did the people with ‘good’ exits do in a different way from those who’d acquired ‘poor’ exits?”

When pioneering business journalist and Inc. publication editor at large Bo Burlingham wrote Small Giants, it became an instantaneous classic because of its original take on a common business issue- about Finish Big: How Great Business owners Exit Their Businesses on Top how to handle the pressure to develop.

Right now Burlingham is back to tackle an even more common problem-how to exit your organization well. Sooner or later, all entrepreneurs leave their businesses and all businesses get marketed, distributed, or liquidated. Whatever your preferred outcome, you need to start planning it while you still possess time and options. The beautiful part is that if you start early enough, the procedure will lead you to build a better, stronger, more resilient organization, as well as you with a higher market value. Regrettably, most owners don’t start early enough-and pay out a steep price because of their procrastination.

Burlingham interviewed a large number of business owners across a variety of industries and identified eight key factors that determine whether owners are happy after leaving their businesses. His book showcases the insights, exit programs, and cautionary stories of business owners such as

Ray Pagano: creator of a leading manufacturer of housings for security cameras. He turned down a bet for his firm and instead transformed his management style, producing a subsequent sale for four situations the original offer.

Bill Niman: founder of the iconic Niman Ranch, which revolutionized the meat industry. He learned all about unsatisfied exits when he was forced to market to private collateral investors, leaving him with nothing showing for his thirty-five years in business.

Gary Hirshberg: founder of organic yogurt pioneer Stonyfield Farm. He pulled from the nearly impossible job of finding a big company that could buy out his 275 small investors at reduced price while allowing him retain total control of the business.

Through such stories, Burlingham offers an illuminating and inspirational guide to 1 of the very most stressful, and yet potentially rewarding, processes business owners must proceed through. And he explores the psychological challenges they face at every step of just how.

At the end of the day, owning a business is about more than selling goods and providers. It’s about producing choices that shape your entire lifestyle, both professional and personal. End Big can help you work out how to face your future with full confidence and be able to someday look back on your journey with pride.