The Great Wealth Transfer: Scott Bushkie's M&A Insights

The Exit - Presented By Flippa

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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-- Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- In this episode of The Exit: Scott Bushkie, Managing Partner and founder of Cornerstone Business Services, shares insights from his 26-year career helping business owners navigate successful exits. Scott discusses the upcoming massive wealth transfer as Baby Boomers retire, with 50% expected to transfer their businesses by 2030. He emphasizes the importance of early exit planning, comparing entrepreneurship to a marathon where initial excitement fades into a plateau. Scott stresses the importance of working with specialized M&A professionals, sharing examples where proper advisory helped achieve 15-20% higher valuations. Currently, Scott helps educate business owners through his book "Finish Strong" and various outreach programs at Cornerstone. For more details and insights from his entrepreneurial journey, listen to the latest episode of The Exit. -- Scott Bushkie is the Managing Partner and Founder of Cornerstone Business Services. With more than 25 years of experience in the M&A industry, Scott is a recognized thought-leader, bringing investment bank level services to buy-side and sell-side transactions in the lower middle market. He has successfully executed hundreds of transactions domestically and internationally, working with private equity firms, family offices, and strategic buyers. Websites - https://www.cornerstone-business.com/ - https://scottbushkie.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbushkie/ Check Out Flippa’s Data Insights Tool: https://flippa.com/data-insights -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

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0:00.0	Before we get into the exit today, I want to talk about the certified M&A advisors that are on
0:05.7	Flippa. If you are an operator right now running a business and you're thinking about exiting,
0:10.8	you are going to want to get a free online business valuation on the exit landing page.
0:16.7	Without a doubt, it is the smartest thing you can do to start a process and get yourself organized.
0:23.0	So you're going to go to the URL, flippa.com, slash exit, to check out more, and let's jump into
0:28.1	the interview.
0:29.3	Below and welcome to the exit presented by Flipup, the number one platform to buy and sell online
0:34.2	businesses.
0:35.2	Flipa manages over a billion in deal value annually and combines expert buy and sell
0:40.6	side advisory with its market leading valuation tool, deal room, off market offering,
0:45.3	market insights, an AI-based deal-by-deal matching engine.
0:49.6	Now for the exit.
0:50.9	The exit is a 30-minute podcast featuring awesome entrepreneurs who have been there and
0:54.7	they have done it. The exit talks to operators who have bought and sold businesses of all
0:59.4	different sizes. You learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits.
1:04.7	It's a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. On this episode of the exit,
1:10.1	I sit down with Scott Pushke,
1:12.2	the managing partner and founder of Cornerstone.
1:15.6	He is an awesome advisor to so many incredible companies
1:20.0	that have gone through the exit process.
1:22.7	And in this interview, he unpacks a lot of really powerful advice
1:26.1	if you are currently running a business and planning a
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