099: Scott Snider on Why Exit Strategy IS Business Strategy

About this episode

Scott Snider discusses the importance of exit planning as a crucial aspect of business strategy.

A $200 million exit — and the client who should have been celebrating, but wasn't. That's what started the Exit Planning Institute. And it's the same story Scott Snider has lived himself: a successful business sale in his mid-20s followed by two years of feeling completely lost. Identity, purpose, what comes next — these are questions the transaction doesn't answer. Exit planning does. Episode Summary In this conversation, Paul sits down with Scott Snider, President of the Exit Planning Insti...

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Hosts: Paul G. McManus, Gabe McManus

Guest: Scott Snider

Topics covered

• exit strategy
• business strategy
• identity
• purpose
• exit planning

Keywords

• exit strategy
• business sale
• identity
• purpose
• exit planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Exit Planning Institute

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