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There are multiple reasons why business owners give up or dispose of their businesses. Such reasons may include retirement, changing of line of business, or even bankruptcy. This is the reason why companies tend to plan on how to gracefully and beneficially exit their businesses.

Making your business exit plan is as important as starting one. A good exit plan may mean having a great deal out of giving your business up. A business owner may opt to keep his business and manage it until his death or may even pass it to his heirs. One may choose to make his company public as is done in initial public offering or IPO. Companies or businesses can also be either put into sale or can merge with other businesses, which are commonly used exit plans. A business owner may decide to sell his business to either a financial or a strategic buyer. He may also decide if he would want to sell all the assets instead and completely close his business.

In planning your business exit strategy, you must first have an idea on how long you would like to handle or manage your business as this may determine how far away you are from exiting your business. You must also ask yourself what your plans are after exiting your business and how much you would like to sell your business.