From the Back Cover
Praise for Selling Your Business
"After selling the business, an entrepreneur suddenly becomes the newly appointed CEO of 'My Wealth Inc.' To avoid being a sitting duck for the skilled sales pitch, this book should prove invaluable. The experts assembled by Louis Crosier address all the key challenges, and importantly, avoid pat answers-instead they provide the entrepreneur with the right questions to ask."
--Charlotte B. Beyer, Founder and CEO
The Institute for Private Investors
"An outstanding personal-wealth-management handbook for entrepreneurs. I will give it to founders and early employees of my portfolio companies."
--A. Dana Callow Jr., Managing General Partner
Boston Millennia Partners
"Successful entrepreneurship does not imply expertise in personal financial planning. Twenty-five years of experience as a planner has convinced me that even the best and brightest will be well served by an education in personal planning. Selling Your Business delivers a terrific educational guide for anyone transitioning from entrepreneur to investor. In business terms, Selling Your Business's return on investment is first-class."
--Harold R. Evensky, Chairman
Evensky, Brown & Katz
"This is a terrific, no-holds-barred manual on how to sell your business and manage financial success. Many have written about how to put money into a company. Selling Your Business describes the nuts and bolts of something more important-how to get your money back out and what to do once you've gotten it."
--David Roux, Managing Director
Silver Lake Partners
"This book should be required reading for entrepreneurs and family business owners. As Louis Crosier points out so well, preparing for wealth is a complex process and should begin early. If you are a senior level manager or a founder of a venture-backed company, you will benefit from the collective wisdom of this book. It is an excellent resource-one you will refer to time and again."
--Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner
Polaris Venture Partners
LOUIS P. CROSIER is a Principal at Windward Investment Management and serves as a member of Windward's Investment Committee. His responsibilities include managing client portfolios and overseeing the firm's investment consulting practice. Prior to joining Windward, Crosier worked in the investment management and consulting industries, most recently as a vice president in the Private Client Group at Goldman Sachs. His experience includes advising clients with regard to single stock risk management, asset allocation, portfolio construction, and manager selection. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Crosier worked as a manager of business development and product manager at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an international energy research and consulting firm. Crosier earned a BA in French literature and psychology at Dartmouth College, a master's in education from Harvard University, and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School.
