Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Barbara Roberts. Barbara is a speaker and writer on all stages of entrepreneurship from start-up through growth, exiting and reinvention, Barbara’s work builds on her personal experience as a Wall Street executive, serial entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia University Business School and Hofstra University.

Barbara is the lead author of two Columbia University Business School whitepapers, Life after an Exit: How Entrepreneurs Transition to the Next Stage, and The Owner’s Journey: Experiences shared, and lessons learned from entrepreneurs who successfully sold or transferred their businesses to family members.

In addition to her work as both a speaker and author, Barbara serves as a consultant, coach and board member for privately held companies. She lives and works in Sag Harbor and New York, NY.

In this episode of Family Business Today Barbara Roberts will share:

• Her experience in successfully building, transforming and selling two family owned businesses as a non-family CEO

• Excerpts from an article she wrote for UBS on the impact of the pandemic and why the word crisis is not an adequate word to use

• Why business owners can not only survive but thrive during chaotic times

• What are some of the big changes and trends emerging from this chaotic time that will effect your business

• Some of the things that business owners should start doing now to prepare themselves for an eventual exit even if they are a long way from an exit

• And much more….

To learn more about Barbara Roberts and to receive a FREE copy of her white papers on Life after an Exit and The Owners Journey, connect with Barbara Roberts, Columbia University, on LinkedIn and mention Family Business Today in the invitation line.

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