Securing Your Business Legacy

How do small business owners preserve their legacy and plan for retirement? How can communities help sustain the places that bring them together? As Austin continues to grow and change, how can we ensure that legacy businesses endure even when ownership changes hands? These conversations are essential to defining and retaining the character of our neighborhoods and our city, but small business owners are often so busy in the day-to-day of keeping a business running that they don't take time to plan for what comes next. Join us to begin this important community conversation: what comes next for Austin Small Businesses?

In this unique panel discussion we will explore the opportunities and resources that exist to support entrepreneurs as they make a graceful exit from business ownership. The session will cover business valuation, strategies to assess sale options, employee ownership, and special City of Austin intiatives to support Legacy Businesses-- those beloved institutions that have been serving the public for 20 or more years.

The panel will include experts in small business transition from a practical, legal, and policy perspective. Join us to begin this important conversation!

This webinar will cover:

• Retirement and sale planning for small business owners;
• Transition to employee ownership;
• City programs and incentives for Legacy Businesses
• And more...

Class attendees will have the opportunity to schedule FREE coaching and consulting with the instructor and other co-op experts.

Este webinar es gratuito y se presentará en inglés con interpretación al español. This webinar is free and will be presented in English with Spanish language interpretation.

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request - including translation and interpretation services. For assistance, please contact the Economic Development Department at 512-974-7819. The City receives and accepts Video Relay Service (VRS) calls from people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing through Relay Texas 7-1-1.