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Owner Liquidity White Paper

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Many business owners face a growing dilemma: how to access the value they have built in their company without giving up control or selling outright. This white paper explores owner liquidity's a powerful strategy to de-risk, diversify, and achieve key financial goals while continuing to lead the company through its…

Owners Beware…Selling a business often leads to “Profound Regret”! Consider an internal buyout!

August 20, 2024March 24, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

I was recently told a statistic that I thought was shocking. A survey in 2018 found that 76% of business owners regret selling their business a year after the sale. Surprised by this statistic, I went in search of the source of this stat, which turned out to be from the Exit Planning…

Another Exit Planning Option: Sell To Management

March 27, 2018April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Internal Management Buyout: Another Exit Planning Option: Sell to Management The one exit planning strategy that most often gets overlooked is an internal management buyout but it’s an approach that has several advantages that owners should seriously consider. This post is a very short explanation of 1) how an internal…

Growth and Liquidity Financing: How We Helped a Client Fund Faster Growth and Take Capital Out of Business

April 18, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Growth Capital and Liquidity Financing: How Lantern Capital Advisors helped a client fund faster growth and take capital out of the business. Situation: Owners of a growing software and services company were interested to explore financing alternatives to fund faster growth as well as take capital out of the business. How…