by Pamela Dennis | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
I’m speaking soon to a group of business advisors about helping their clients gain a sense of urgency about exit planning, since only about 15 percent of business owners have a written plan. I was asked to be sure to think about the role of insurance. Insurance!? I...
by Pamela Dennis | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Buyer Options, Car Love Affairs, Customers, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
Last week I sold my favorite car. It was a 1998 Audi A4 Quattro with only 110,000 miles on it. It lived for 10 years in Boulder, and then 10 years tucked in a rust-safe garage at our beach house in San Diego. It was pearl white with creamy leather seats and barely a...
by Pamela Dennis | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Encore, Growth, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
Getting Older, Letting Go, Moving Forward When I was selling my company, I was frequently asked, “What’s next?” or “What are your goals now?” I was only 55; surely I had big plans. When I was writing Exit Signs, I heard a constant question from Boomer owners young and...
by Pamela Dennis | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Planning, Selling a Business, Start-Ups, Transitions
It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is just days away (or maybe already in the rearview mirror, by the time you catch your breath and read this). Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and always makes me stop to reflect on all I have to be grateful for, from the people in...
by Pamela Dennis | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog, Encore, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
It’s almost Halloween: fall’s in the air, ghosts and goblins, action figures, and princess costumes in the stores, parades of trick or treating kids with parents in tow in the early evening — quite the scene where I live in Boulder, Colorado. I always prepare...
by Pamela Dennis | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Encore, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
“Baby Boomer women are dreaming of retiring to Mars, while Baby Boomer men hope to retire to Venus.” — Sharon O’Brien, “How Baby Boomers Will Change Retirement” I’ve read that only 39 percent of married couples, in general, say they and their spouse share...
