Are You Creating Wealth with Your Business or Just Making Money?: Wealth Building Exit Strategies and Succession Planning
by Theodore P. Burbank
In a nutshell
Theodore P. Burbank teaches founders tactics to transition from revenue growth to building scalable wealth via exit strategies and succession planning. Key metrics include enterprise value multiples and owner independence scores for team scaling. Unlike Blitzscaling's speed focus, it prioritizes sustainable value creation for acquisition exits.
Are You Creating Wealth with Your Business or Just Making Money?: Wealth Building Exit Strategies and Succession Planning
Theodore P. Burbank teaches founders tactics to transition from revenue growth to building scalable wealth via exit strategies and succession planning. Key metrics include enterprise value multiples and owner independence scores for team scaling. Unlike Blitzscaling's speed focus, it prioritizes sustainable value creation for acquisition exits.
Reference
Are You Creating Wealth with Your Business or Just Making Money?: Wealth Building Exit Strategies and Succession Planning — publisher / official page. Summary adapted from the Awesome Startup Books collection.
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