Exit - what’s the first question to any business owner

Q&A time. Why is it that the first thing I always ask a client looking to exit their business is "what do you want your life after this to look like?"

It's got a lot to do with knowing how tough exiting a business they've owned and run for many years can be. How tough? This tough. Get straight in your mind how you want to use your life meaningfully post-exit or you could end up one of the terrible statistics of ex-business owners who end up dead within two yers of handing over the keys.

Sad but true.