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.
Grow organically or acquire a rival? Why acquisitions can outpace organic growth for $5M to $50M Canadian companies, and where the organic route runs out of time.
The second bite of the apple: selling a majority stake to private equity now, staying on to grow it, then benefiting again when the business sells a second time.
How earnouts and vendor notes bridge the gap between a seller's projections and a buyer's tariff-wary caution, letting export-dependent owners sell now and share the risk.
How the U.S. suspension of its de minimis exemption is boosting USMCA-compliant Canadian exporters, and which bolt-on acquisition strategies fit the resulting mid-market upswing.
How Canadian owners can grow, sell or buy through 2025's tariff environment, with sector-aware strategies for each path and where to find government support.