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About Carl J. Doerksen
Carl J. Doerksen has been involved in all facets of middle-market M&A since 1986, helping dozens of clients successfully transition to new ownership. Generational Equity is a leading M&A advisory firm focusing on privately held companies.
Succession Planning

Succession Planning Protecting and Growing Your Legacy

June 23, 2013 Carl J. Doerksen Comments Off on Succession Planning Protecting and Growing Your Legacy

We regularly meet business owners at our M&A conferences who lament that they have been assuming for years that their children would eventually take over the family business—only to eventually learn, for a variety of […]

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