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Smart Exits: 4 Succession Plan Case Studies

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Roof Maxx Succession by design, not default When Michael Feazel and his brother sold their first roofing company in 2013, they learned the hard way how fragile a business can be when it revolves around its founders. A Fortune 500 partner continued emailing the now-inactive CTO’s address for months. And then, they started letting go.

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I've Built 22 Companies in 89 Countries — Here's Why a Clear Mission Is the Ultimate Growth Hack

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In my experience managing 22 companies across 89 countries, Ive learned this firsthand: the businesses with the clearest missions move faster, scale smarter and stay grounded in their values. It should be completed before launch, because it lays the foundation for everything that follows. The rest of this article is locked.

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It Doesn’t Take a Miracle, Just Faith

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Some of her most cherished childhood memories are of farmers markets and beach walks there, of sunny small-town days before she learned, in a hard way, of the ubiquitous darkness that comes with the universe. Until we stop “following our hearts” and start following the “pricking,” it’s no good pretending our convictions (i.e.,

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Email Copywriter Chris Orzechowski Divulges Some of His Email Marketing Trade Secrets

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But that didn’t stop him from writing copy for the luxury timepiece brand Filippo Loreti in 2016, a campaign that raked in more than $5 million in just 30 days to become the 18th largest Kickstarter campaign at the time. He learned what features to ask about, what benefits to look for and how the purchase made him feel.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. These are five of those lessons. Your speed is the right speed.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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Every day we seem to have a giant to-do list of people to see, projects to complete, emails to write. Answer your email either early in the morning or after working hours. Learning from others’ successes and setbacks will inevitably improve production of any kind. This article was published in February 2016 and has been updated.

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Working a Side Gig? Here’s How to Prep for Your Second Shift

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Because Long can’t neglect his other work entirely, he allows himself an hour in the middle of each day to respond to emails and phone calls. Learn to say no. Learning to turn down work was huge for me,” she says. “I This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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