#573 How to Exit Your Business The RIGHT Way w/ Chris Van Dusen

Main Street Business

Mark J Kohler and Mat Sorensen

Tax Reform, Entrepreneurship, Business, Irs Updates, Tax Tips, Legal Compliance, Business Structure, Tax Prep, Accounting, Tax Strategies, Management, Financial Reporting, Estate Planning

2.4 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode of the Main Street Business Podcast, Mark J. Kohler welcomes Chris Van Dusen to unpack the biggest mistakes business owners make when trying to sell—and how to avoid them. From cleaning up your books to understanding your true enterprise value, this is your roadmap to a smarter exit. Here are some of the highlights: Mark and Chris explain the concept of enterprise value, differentiating it from lifestyle businesses.Chris emphasizes the importance of understanding the market an...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Main Street Business Podcast with your distinguished hosts, Mark J. Kohler and Matt Sorensen.
0:05.5	Both are best-selling authors and have over 25 years of industry experience with 10,000 client consultations,
0:12.3	making them the leading tax and legal experts in the nation.
0:16.1	Together, they'll unpack the most complex tax, legal, and financial strategies,
0:20.6	crucial for saving more,
0:22.1	stressing less, and building generational wealth. Today, they're your personal advisors.
0:28.1	Ready to break it down for you and make the tax and legal game easier than ever. Here is Mark and Matt.
0:34.4	Welcome to another episode of the Main Street Business Podcast. Today, I have the honor
0:38.9	of introducing to you and interviewing Chris Van Dusen, a capital growth expert. He likes to help
0:46.7	business owners with a big idea, raise the capital they need to launch that special idea and
0:54.0	create an incredible business. And he's also helping
0:56.5	those that have a current business that think it's scalable or want to exit at some point.
1:02.5	He's sold several businesses himself for millions of dollars and has so much inside information
1:08.1	and techniques on working with business owners through the private equity
1:12.6	process. So I'm excited today to break down that process, some of the definitions of terms and get
1:18.7	some tips from him that might help some of you that are on your path to an exit as well.
1:30.4	Well, Chris, thanks for joining us.
1:32.2	It is an honor to have you here.
1:33.8	And I know a lot of business owners are going to be really find this conversation very
1:38.2	interesting.
1:38.9	Awesome, Mark.
1:39.4	Thanks for having me.
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