My longtime business partner and I have built something really meaningful together over the past decade, and now we're both starting to think about what legacy means but we're realizing we might want different things from the transition process. She's talking about selling to the highest bidder when we're ready to step back, but I've been imagining something more like transitioning ownership to our employees or finding buyers who share our values.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who've shared a journey are discovering that their definitions of success and responsibility toward what they've created don't align.
“Where Are You with Business legacy — the company that outlasts the founder?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.