Karl wrote Selling Your Canadian Business: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing Value and Securing Your Legacy because he saw too many business owners making preventable mistakes that cost them millions of dollars and years of regret.
The sale process does not begin with a valuation. It begins with a written why-sell statement, and why owners who skip it negotiate from a position of weakness.
Retired entrepreneurs face elevated mental health risk from the sudden loss of identity and purpose a business provided. What the BDC and Statistics Canada data shows.
Owners spend 20 to 30 years building a company and 20 to 30 days choosing who will sell it. The six advisory seats a Canadian mid-market sale actually needs.
Canada's M&A market closed 2025 above the 2021 record at US$389.69 billion, though Q4 softened. Which sectors led activity, and what it means for owners considering an exit.