Flint & Genesee Group

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Nationwide talent shortages are at a 10-year high, with no immediate end in sight and no one-size-fits-all solution. To challenge businesses and organizations to think creatively about the way they develop, attract and retain talent, Flint & Genesee Group is kicking off a new webinar series starting January 25. 

Join us each month as we bring together workforce experts to discuss the changing workforce landscape and its pressing issues. During this month's webinar, we'll focus on succession planning for business owners. Thinking About Selling Your Business or Retiring? Start Here! 

In this brief overview of the first steps in exit planning, Certified Small Business Consultant Brooks Kindel will cover five key topics to consider if you’re a business owner considering selling or retiring: What exactly are you selling?  What is it worth? What is your market for potential buyers? How can you find that buyer?  And how do you engage a broker?  Don’t go it alone.  These are tough questions and we’re here to help you find the answers. 

Meet our Facilitator: Brooks Kindel, MBA, CEPA
Brooks Kindel began his career as a banker and has held a variety of corporate finance positions including CFO and General Manager of several manufacturing operations. He has significant experience in over a dozen industries as well as business turnarounds, and mergers & acquisitions.

Brooks serves as Team Leader for the SBDC Exit Planning/Buy-Sell programs and assists clients with financial management, exit planning, operations, and accessing capital. In addition to having developed the curriculum for the Michigan SBDC Academy of Small Business Advisors, he gives presentations on "The Five C’s of Crisis Management: Turnarounds", "Exit Planning", "How to Buy or Sell a Business", “Know Your Numbers” and "How to Form an Advisory Board".

He is an active member in the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Exit Planning Institute and the Association for Corporate Growth having served on the Membership Committee and as a judge for the ACG Cup. He is currently serving on the Program Committee and as an advisor to ACG University.  Formerly an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Davenport University, he taught graduate courses in Corporate Finance and Advanced Financial Management.  Brooks holds an MBA from Western Michigan University with a concentration in corporate finance and is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor.