Frank Mancieri, B2B CFO®, Professional CFO & Business Exit Consultant

Business Owners have 2 options:
1. Plan ahead and exit on their own terms.
2. Wait until it’s too late.

Planning:
• 6-step proven process to help guide privately-held business owners toward successful transitions from their businesses.
• Examine 5 different types of Exit Options – internal and external.
• Range of Values for each exit option – understand value kept from each option.
• Execution of selected option.

Call today (401-651-1585) to begin your exit planning process and protect your wealth.
Contact Frank Mancieri, Partner, B2B CFO®,
Member, Pinnacle Equity Solutions, Member, Exit Planning Exchange

Exiting Your Business Successfully: What You Need To Know

If you are like most business owners, you have devoted an immeasurable amount of work and resources into growing your company. With all that you have invested, doesn’t it make sense to plan an exit from that business that protects the wealth you have accumulated in it? After all, exiting your business will certainly be one of the most important financial events of your life. The first step is to understand that an exit is not simply the sale of your business. Rather, it is a process that may occur over many years and selling your business is just one of many options available to you. Designing your exit strategy will take time, planning, and forethought but will allow you to reap the greatest reward for your years of hard work.

An exit plan outlines your options as a business owner for transition of your business in the most wealth-protective way. This plan takes into account all factors related to your personal life, your business, the timing you would like for the exit, as well as potential successors or buyers.  The most obvious exit option to most business owners is the sale of the business to another buyer, perhaps someone in the same industry. It is important to know that less than 20% of businesses successfully sell to an outside buyer. What if you are one of the majority, and selling your business is not an option, do you know what exit choices are?

Frank Mancieri, Business Exit Consultant, has been working with clients on exit strategies and exit planning since 2001. He is a professional Chief Financial Officer and Exit Planner. Frank is a Partner at B2B CFO^®, USA’s largest CFO firm focusing on mid market companies. He serves owners of emerging and mid-market companies with revenues up to $75 million who want to increase cash, profitability, sales and company value. He is also an adjunct Accounting Professor at Rhode Island College.  Frank graduated from Bryant University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Management.

Frank offers learning opportunities for business owners and their advisors through breakfast presentations and live webinars.  Please contact Frank for upcoming events.

B2B CFO NAMED IN PRESTIGIOUS INC. 5000 LIST

184% Growth Earns B2B CFO Spot in the 2010 List of Fastest
Growing Companies in America

Phoenix, Ariz. August 24, 2010 – B2B CFO, nation’s largest
provider of CFO services to small businesses, has been named to the
prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America.



Now in its 29th year, Inc. Magazine’s annual ranking judges US-based
and privately held companies by their revenue growth. This year’s
list was ranked on the percentage in revenue increase from
2006-2009. B2B CFO’s growth earned 84th place in its industry.

“There are approximately 27 million small businesses in the U.S.
today,” said Jerry L. Mills, founder and chief executive officer of
B2B CFO, “It is a huge honor to be among the fastest growing and the
most successful businesses in the country. Our firm has experienced
tremendous growth over the past few years and we are on track to
continue expanding. I am especially grateful to all of the firm’s
dedicated Partners who continue to advocate our services around the
nation.”

In a personalized letter congratulating B2B CFO on this
accomplishment, Jane Berenston, editor-in-chief of Inc. Magazine’s
wrote “Congratulations: your company, B2B CFO, has made the 2010
list of the fastest growing private companies in America. This
achievement puts you in rarefied company, especially if you consider
that over 27 million businesses are registered in the USA. The elite
group you’ve now joined has, over the years, included companies such
as Microsoft, Timberland, Visa, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Oracle, and
Zappos.com. I look forward to congratulating you in person in
Washington, D.C.”

B2B CFO’s growth is reflected in numerous awards this year. The
company was also recently named in ACE Corporate Growth Awards,
which recognized the most successful and fastest growing companies
in Arizona.
In August 2010, B2B CFO has grown to 170 Partners across 39 states,
representing 5,000 years of cumulative experience. Each Partner is a
seasoned financial executive who serves as CFO to growing businesses
on as-needed basis. Approximately 80% of the Partners have a
background that includes senior executive positions at the Big Four,
and all of the Partners have held high level executive finance
positions in various industries in corporate America. Together, B2B
CFO Partners work with more than 500 businesses in the nation with
combined annual sales of more than $3 Billion.

Jerry L. Mills and many of the B2B CFO Partners regularly dedicate
time to educate business owners on financial matters. Mills is a
frequent speaker and contributor and has been featured on many
national media networks including FOX Business, Fortune Small
Business, Smart Money and many others. Mills is also the author of
The Danger Zone – Lost in the Growth Transition, and Avoiding The
Danger Zone – Business Illusions, both business non-fiction books
that help entrepreneurs understand and build a strong financial
strategy.

“We look forward to participating in the Inc. 500|5000 conference in
Washington, DC this fall,” added Mills. “Along with my colleagues, I
look forward to the October 2nd awards ceremony and to meeting the
entrepreneurs that created the other 5000 fastest growing companies
in America.”

About Inc. Magazine

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc.
is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners
and managers of growing private companies that delivers real
solutions for todays innovative company builders. Inc. provides
hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people,
finances, sales, marketing, and technology.

Inc. Magazine’s 29th annual Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest-growing
private companies in the country is available online at
www.inc.com/inc5000/list

About B2B CFO

Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., the firm was founded in 1987 by
Jerry L. Mills. B2B CFO is the nation’s largest CFO firm serving
entrepreneurial, growth and mid-market companies with revenue under
$75 million. The firm’s partners have an average of 25 years of
experience and each individual partner is a senior level executive
with a broad range of expertise. Please visit online at
http://www.b2bcfo.com/