Episode 20

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20th Dec 2022

Optimizing Your Financial World - Episode 20 (Succession Planning for Family Businesses)

Family conflicts can wreak havoc on a family-run business, especially when it comes time to transfer ownership of the company from one generation to the next!

On the latest installment of Optimizing Your Financial World, Mark and Ryan examine a well-designed succession plan can reduce that risk and help facilitate a transfer that leaves everyone in the family satisfied.

Timecodes:

0:06 - Introduction and overview on the topic of the day

1:18 - How important succession planning is when a family business is in play

2:36 - Assessing the need for succession planning in the first place

4:19 - Starting the process of developing a succession plan

6:20 - Succession planning can avoid family conflict and foster harmony along the way

8:15 - How a succession planning address the technical aspects of the family business

10:33 - Putting your plan onto paper

13:10 - The mistakes that creep into play when developing a succession plan

13:33 - Keep your succession plan up-to-date!

15:29 - How to get in touch with Mark and his team

16:27 - Closing remarks

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About the Podcast

Optimizing Your Financial World
It's about how much you get to keep!
Welcome to Optimizing Your Financial World, where we tackle an array of financial strategies and wealth management topics to help better position you, your family, or your business for a better future.

Each episode features Mark Wade, President of Echelon Family Office, who brings over four decades worth of experience in wealth management and investment planning to the show. Mark regularly works with affluent families and entrepreneurs to help better position their portfolios given their personal and professional goals.

Listen as Mark explores a new financial topic each episode and offers guidance on navigating these complex circumstances. At the end of the day, it's not about how many assets you have or how much income you create, it's about how much you get to keep!

So sit back, relax, and allow Mark to shed some light on countless financial strategies and his methodologies for helping four decades worth of clients optimize their financial world.