Family-Owned &
Founder-Owned Companies
GoodBiz.Law is Great for Family-Owned Businesses.
We treat your family like our family. Our families have owned businesses – some multi-generational businesses – and we know the challenges and joys of creating legacy through business ventures. The founders’ hard work, creativity, and sacrifices that were essential for growing the successful venture often define a dynamic that makes talking about transitions challenging. Taking this dynamic home to the dinner table can be stressful.
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Are you part of the “Silver Tsunami"? This is the catchy phrase describing private business owners in their 60s and 70s looking for the right path to transition ownership and enjoy retirement. Our clients start planning for their silver exit early get the best returns and have the smoothest transitions. If they choose to do a generational transfer, early identification of succession plans can give them the chance to create legacy knowledge as well as legacy wealth for the family.
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We have lots of “legal tricks” up our sleeve to help you creatively navigate times of change. But the legal side is just part of the equation. We can help you develop a team of trusted advisors to help the generations plan beyond the business transition with sophisticated estate planning, wealth management, and thoughtful tax and risk planning. We can also help you set up the right infrastructure for a family office as you diversify assets from the profitable anchor business into other investments and recreational assets.
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Call us today to begin the dialogue about how you can make your dinner table discussions more about football, fun, and the future and less about the business.
GoodBiz.Law is Great for Founder-Owned Companies.
If “bootstrapping” and “innovating” are your core competencies, then you are our favorite kind of client. Our clients take pride in calling themselves “cheap.” But they really know the value of good advice, smart tax planning, risk management, and insights about how growth might require a re-set on established legal structures.
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As you grow, we can help you raise capital, transition ownership to a next generation, or reward key employees with equity. We are super-efficient at small scale acquisitions knowing when and how much lawyering is appropriate for your target rollup deals. With decades of experience as in-house counsel to large companies, we can help you get your house in order for a future exit so that the legal niceties don’t impair your valuation. When the time is right, we’ll lead your team of experts through an exit.
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Call us today to talk shop about your goals – and remember to tell us how “cheap” you are with respect to legal fees.