1. If you were out for six months starting tomorrow, someone is ready to make the decisions you make.
2. Your most important customers have strong relationships with people other than you.
3. The business could cover payroll, debt and overhead for six months if revenue dipped while you were out.
4. You have a written agreement for what happens to an owner’s share at death, disability or departure.
5. That agreement has been reviewed in the last three years and reflects today’s business value.
6. The money to carry out the agreement is already in place, not just promised.
7. Your plan addresses what happens if an owner becomes disabled, not only if they die.
8. A successor has been chosen, knows it, and is being prepared.
9. Your family would receive fair value for your share, in cash, without having to run the business.
10. Your CPA and attorney have both reviewed your continuity plan in the last three years.
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