DON'T WAIT FOR LIFE TO EXPOSE THE GAPS IN YOUR BUSINESS
Six mistakes can put everything you've built at risk.
Business Killers uses real-world stories, guided questions and the Risk Barometer to help business owners recognize risks that often remain invisible until it is too late.
PATH ONE
I Own a Business
Learn where your business may be exposed.
PATH TWO
I Advise Business Owners
See how Business Killers can become a business-owner engagement and strategic-alliance platform.
THE SIX BUSINESS KILLERS
Six things owners tell themselves.
Life events often do not create the problem. They expose the problem that was already there. Each of these six beliefs hides a gap.
01
“I know what my business is worth.”
THE VALUATION GAP
A partner's death does not create a valuation gap. It exposes that nobody really knew what the business was worth.
Is it really worth what you think?
02
“I'm too busy running the company.”
THE INDEPENDENCE GAP
When an owner becomes sick or injured, the event does not create the fragility. It exposes how much depends on one person.
Can it operate without you?
03
“That'll never happen to me.”
THE RESILIENCE GAP
Every owner it happened to believed the same thing. Everybody has a plan until life gets in the ring.
Can it withstand what you didn't see coming?
04
“My key people would not leave me.”
THE RETENTION GAP
When a key employee leaves, the departure does not create the dependency. It exposes it.
Can you keep the people the business cannot afford to lose?
05
“My business is my retirement.”
THE WEALTH GAP
Retirement does not create concentration risk. It exposes how dependent your future was on the business.
Is your business your retirement plan?
06
“You can't beat Uncle Sam.”
THE KEEP GAP
A sale does not create tax or transition issues. It exposes the planning that was never done before it.
How much of what you've built will you actually keep?
IN THEIR WORDS
What Business Owners Say
The power of Business Killers is not in explaining more. It is in helping owners recognize themselves in the story.
BUSINESS OWNER
“It hit home.”
How the dramatizations reflected situations this owner had seen first-hand.
BUSINESS OWNER
“It made me want to take action.”
Seeing familiar business challenges brought the importance of financial and estate planning into sharper focus.
BUSINESS OWNER
“Every business owner needs to understand this.”
A straightforward presentation highlighting critical issues every small business owner should recognize.
BUSINESS OWNER
“My score was a wake-up call.”
What started as a learning experience became a moment of concern after seeing his own risk assessment results.
QUICK RISK CHECK
A starting point for a better conversation.
A few plain questions about your business. Not a substitute for professional guidance, and not a financial diagnostic.
Recognize
See which of the six beliefs sound like you.
Reflect
Consider what each one could mean for your business.
Discuss
Take it to a professional you trust.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
Champion the business owner.
Business owners spend so much time working in the business that important questions about value, continuity, people, retirement and taxes can remain unanswered.
Business Killers exists to help owners slow down long enough to see those issues clearly.
We are a champion for the business owner. Ally to the professionals who help them.
You don't have to wait for a crisis to discover the gaps.
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