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Getting Out of Business is a Process

 7 November 2009 |  121 views |  18 Comments

Getting Out of Business is a Process

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Getting out of business is a process. The length of time required to complete the process is directly related to the complexity of the business, and the circumstances underlying the decision to get out. Planning how you exit your business is just as important as how you started it.

The exit process, timing of events; and tasks associated need to be tailored to the type and complexity of the business. Each case is individual because reasons for dissolution differ, and problems that arise are unique to each circumstance. The following checklist contains key elements that should be evaluated as early in the exit process as possible to eliminate pitfalls later on.

The process for exiting a business should include evaluation of the following points:

1. Engage Professionals & Consultants as Team Members.

2. Prepare a List of Assets & Perform a Physical Inventory.

3. Perform a Valuation of the Business.

4. Prepare Detailed Plan & Assign Responsibilities.

5. Release Announcements & Notices.

6. Conclude or Transfer Contract Obligations.

7. Dispose of & Transfer Assets.

8. Settle Accounts Payable & Debt Obligations.

9. Prepare Final Financial Statements & Tax Returns

10. File Articles of Dissolution.

11. Prepare & Issue Special Filings, Notices, Informational Returns, & Taxes.

12. Receive Tax Clearance Notice.

13. Close Bank Account.

14. Store Business Records

The process for successfully exiting a business requires the same amount if not even more planning as starting the business. While the process may be easier, it is likely to be less enjoyable and more stressful. The best advice for business owners is to incorporate potential exit strategies in the early stages of setting up their business. Vigilance and diligent managerial oversight is needed to ensure that complications and problems which could affect dissolution, and net value, do not develop into roadblocks. When the time comes to divest or sell the business, be sure to engage the relevant expertise needed, and prepare an action plan.

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Flight of the Conchords performing their song “Business Time.”

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What business field should i study for to become an entrepreneur?
i start college in the fall and im pretty sure i wanna study business.
i want to open businesses, buy apartment buildings, etc. But the term business is too vague. What is the subfield that teaches you how to open/maintain your businesses?

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18 Comments »

  • Gim B said:
  • KennyAMV said:

    Costco will make you some as well as any print shop or office supply store. Printing your own might be best since you won't give out more than a few probably before you want to change something.

  • Wordpress said:

    i effing love this it is sooo funny! :)

  • WPMixer said:

    I hope you’ve never heard your dad sing this song…

  • jamesadirector said:

    There will probably be a penalty involved with early cancellation of the contract. Look over the terms of the contract you agreed to and see what it says about early cancellation.

  • Free Blog said:

    I’m pretty sure it’s on DVD, but i can’t flippin find it! AarrgH!

  • notei said:

    Since you've never been in business before, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. You have to determine what kinp of partnership to form. I'd call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.

    The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a partnership and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you'll concentrate on (your market ) and how you'll go after them.

    You'll need to register the business with your state controller's office and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.

    Try this link :
    http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
    Good Luck

  • Carbon steel said:

    If I were you I would contact the City Clerk of your town because they are the clerks for the City Council. Let them know you would like to petition the City Council for your business proposition. They will then add you to the agenda before going before the council make sure you cross all of your I's and your T's. and discuss how your business will enhance the community and be sure to bring portfolios of your business proposals for each council member. Also, make sure you have a visual presentation of business proposal. Good Luck!

  • Guress said:

    depends on the commercial activity you want to do.
    First you you must do is to visit the riyadh chamber of commerce, they must have a women's branch. you go there and check on the requirements for the business you want to make.
    Oh and, you must be saudi.

  • psychic said:

    sounds like 99 to me. I’m from new zealand and my dad sounds exactly like him haha! how embarrasing.

  • termite said:

    Do you have a legal bacground…
    I just think they will want someone who knows all the laws, to protect themselves.
    the company I work for services loans, and the companies would not hire our company if it were not a law firm…

  • nacao said:

    Brilliant!!

  • rails said:

    team excercise building night tonight

  • Brian M said:

    Business process is kind of a broad subject, if you want to gain a general understanding of how an organization works I'd recommend taking a course in microeconomics.

    On a more engineering business level the best book I've ever read would be The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt. The book is written as a fiction story, but within the bounds of the story he outlines the theories and methods behind how to manage processes, supply chain, inventory, etc. Overall it's a pretty easy read and the techniques mentioned are used by a lot of businesses, whether they realize it or not.

  • WPBlog Shop said:

    Is this on DVD?

  • guzen said:

    True.

  • gbody4life1 said:

    Talk to someone at a community college. it's a great place to restart your academic career.

  • Blogger said:

    it goes:::

    1:44
    your wearing that old baggy t-shirt from that team building exercise you did for your old work, and its never looked better on you, oohhhhh, team building exercise ‘99.

    so there you go.

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