Most Boomer businesses will never sell. It is important. If you have a grandfather or grandmother that owns a business you educate them. Why is it important for them to prepare their business to sell. Last thing you want is for them to have donated all their time to the

-----Cash!----- Put it in your business and stop putting it in your pocket. You only lowering your business valuation to save a few dollars on taxes. Also it is illegal.

Ultimately your business is worth what somebody's willing to pay.

Thanks to Hollywood most acquisitions are portrayed as lights out on TV. All the existing employees are terminated. This is the far exception not the norm! People make the business!!

Baby boomer businesses are like hidden gems waiting to be discovered. Think of it as a retro treasure hunt, where you can unearth vintage success and write the next chapter of business history.

I had a young hire tell me my "tone" was "unprofessional." I told him "Professional" is a word used by people who are too scared to be honest. I handed him a rotary phone and told him to call 500 people and tell them they're losers. He started crying about "toxic

Entrepreneurship is no joke. You'll cry at night to your wife wondering how to make payroll. The next week you're celebrating the purchase of a brand new fax machine. Few!

A cybersecurity expert told me my business was "vulnerable." I laughed. I told him my entire communication network runs on a 1991 Brother Fax Machine. "You can't hack a dial tone, Tyler," I said. I then faxed him a picture of my middle finger. It took 4 minutes to transmit.

FAX MACHINES IN THE BACK

They say a mustache adds a touch of wisdom. Well, I've got the 'stache and the wisdom to know when it's time to say goodbye to my small business.

I’m unloading my typewriter repair shop for $150K. It’s got clunky machines older than your grandpa and clients who think email’s a fad. Neon sign screams “Typewriters Forever!”—ironic, right? Take this dinosaur or trade for a Betamax.

My manager told me he was "Quiet Quitting" by only doing the bare minimum of his job description. I didn't fire him. I "Quietly Replaced" his chair with a stack of wet phone books. I then redirected all the office phone lines to his personal cell phone at 2 AM. When he

The last TTM one of my businesses did 250,000 in seller discretionary earnings. I also pocketed $420,000 in cash. I refuse to pay taxes. The IRS will never find my home address is on Jeffrey Epstein's old island.

as good business practice. i've alwaty dipped the pen in the company ink..

A tech startup tried to buy my service business to "disrupt the space." They showed me an app that automates customer scheduling. I showed them a 40-year-old Rolodex and a fax machine that smells like ozone and victory. I told them my customers don't want an "app," they want

For sale: Boomer dad’s hardware store. Comes with 47 rotary phones, a fax machine that still works, and a customer base that thinks “online shopping” is a catalog. $250K or best offer, serious inquiries only.

Why do you think most businesses do not sell?

"When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude." — William Wordsworth

I started my business in 1978. I had paneling on the walls. My call takers had perms. I had cathode ray tubes in the office and green prompts like in that Keanu Reeves movie. Today nothing has changed. Progression!

Dear customers, my mustache and I have decided to give retirement a go. Don't worry, I'll still be around, twirling my 'stache and dispensing wisdom. Cheers to new beginnings!