You know firsthand how challenging it is to build and run a company. But how much thought have you put into making your exit when the time comes? Will your business have longevity beyond your personal ownership of it—and how? These are questions too many owner-managers fail to ask themselves until it's too late. If you want to maximize your returns and ensure your company's longevity, you need to start facing the tough issues now. walks you step-by-step through the most important challenge of your career. The CEO of Bigelow LLC, a renowned privatebusiness M&A advisory firm, Peter Worrell has spent the last 30 years helping owner-managers make the right decisions for their future. In this one-of-a-kind guide, he helps you overcome every challenge and make the wisest decisions when you sell your company, while ensuring a positive and generative legacy. provides the information and expert insights you need to answer the most important questions you will face, including: In short, you need the best business plan to realize your company's enterprise value, and Worrell helps you create it. He provides an overview of the private transaction market and the key players with whom you'll interact, and he helps you prepare for life after the sale. Now is the time to plan for the sale of your business. In Enterprise Value, you will get the expert insights that only a seasoned veteran of private M&A can provide. : — Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University, one of Forbes magazine's Fifteen Classroom Revolutionaries — Richard J. Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University, and Principal, Equity Resource Investments — Barry Schwartz, author of and — Bill Achtmeyer, Chairman and Managing Partner, The Parthenon Group