Thanks for starting this community Ben! Baby boomers shutting down their businesses is a disaster that’s already begun. Mainstreet business are not only the backbone of our economy, they make a middle class possible. Without them we’re going to be in trouble. I’ve seen this first hand. It hit home for me when I realized my uncle Marc had shut down the excavating business he‘d profitably run for almost 40 years because he didn’t understand how to go about selling it. That’s why I got involved in helping business owners preserve wealth while helping entrepreneurs purchase businesses. I look forward to working with you all in this mission.

We have all heard that there are 10,000 Baby Boomers "retiring" every day, but what about the Boomers with Businesses, or all the other business owners who may suddenly for one reason or another need to close the doors of their businesses, and what about the Communities that they live and work in, they thrive and donate to? what happens to them? Well, I did a deep dive on the aggregated effects of Baby boomers closing their Main Street and mid market Businesses in the coming years before an M&A convention I attended in Atlanta the first week of October, and it shocked me. Check out the findings here, I had my ai agent build a quick sheet showing the numbers. These are real and it's an untold crisis. https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/68ffe2c2-3daa-46ef-8df0-e983309b01a0 This is why I started the Mainstreet Succession Academy. To save local communities from the loss of vital business and to bring about a better, intentional exit to those who chose to retire from their businesses, and make sure they get something from all the years they helped to build those communities. the lessons here are accurate and true, the succession plans will have a much higher success rate then listing with brokers only (I'm not saying don't, but you may not need to)and if you have but haven't sold yet, we can still help you. Get informed, get advice, join a meaningful community and get the service you need from trusted partners with the same goals. Mainstreet salvation comes from well timed and executed business succession. Let's Go!