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December 16, 2009 - Exit Planning Strategy and Execution: Building Value Towards a Successful Exit
December 16, 2009 - Exit Planning Strategy and Execution: Building Value Towards a Successful Exit

Due To The Strong Positive Response To Our October 27th Event, We’re Offering A Second…

“Great format – A chance to be with fellow business owners and receive lots of useful, no-nonsense information and no sales pitch.”

- October 27th event attendee

Complimentary Strategy Session, Exclusively For Privately-Held Business Owners:
 
Exit Planning Strategy and Execution:
Building Value Towards A Successful Exit

Your business is one of your most valuable assets.  What steps could you be taking right now to maximize its value?  How do you sell from a position of strength in the current economic environment?
 
Join fellow business owners on Wednesday, December 16 at 7:30am in Braintree, MA for a complimentary 90-minute strategy session on building value and positioning your business for a successful exit.  You'll leave armed with the knowledge and tools you need to build maximum value in your business and position it for a successful sale.
 
We GUARANTEE this will not be an infomercial or sales pitch, just essential information you need to know, including:
  • Developing a financial plan to support your retirement.
  • Identifying and implementing the key business attributes that drive valuation in the buyer's mind.
  • Eliminate deal killers; the valuation gap and a lengthy due diligence process.
  • Taking control of the sale process, including preparation, targeting the right buyers, maintaining confidentiality and closing the deal.
  • Understanding the factors driving the value of your business.

Join Sam Liss of The Coral Group (www.coral-group.com), a business broker with over 10 years experience selling small businesses, Bill Gately of The Rockland Group (www.rockland-group.com), a management consulting firm helping business owners prepare businesses for exit and Paul Toomey of Wells Fargo Advisors (https://home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/paul.toomey), an experienced financial planner.


 Sponsored By
 
Wells Fargo Advisors 
 
* Attendance is strictly limited to business owners *
 
Location
 
Highland- March Office Business Center
25 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 200
Braintree, MA 02184


To Register: http://www.coral-group.com/seminar

October 27, 2009 - Exit Planning Strategy and Execution: Building Value Towards a Successful Exit
October 27, 2009 - Exit Planning Strategy and Execution: Building Value Towards a Successful Exit

  Complimentary Strategy Session, Exclusively For Privately-Held Business Owners:
 
Exit Planning Strategy and Execution:
Building Value Towards A Successful Exit

Your business is one of your most valuable assets.  What steps could you be taking right now to maximize its value?  How do you sell from a position of strength in the current economic environment?
 
Join fellow business owners on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30am in Braintree, MA for a complimentary 90-minute strategy session on building value and positioning your business for a successful exit.  You'll leave armed with the knowledge and tools you need to build maximum value in your business and position it for a successful sale.
 
We GUARANTEE this will not be an infomercial or sales pitch, just essential information you need to know, including:
  • Identifying and implementing the key business attributes that drive valuation in the buyer's mind.
  • Eliminate deal killers; the valuation gap and a lengthy due diligence process.
  • Taking control of the sale process, including preparation, targeting the right buyers, maintaining confidentiality and closing the deal.
  • Understanding the factors driving the value of your business.
Join Sam Liss of The Coral Group, a business broker with over 10 years experience selling small businesses, and Bill Gately of The Rockland Group, a management consulting firm providing strategic and operational expertise to prepare businesses for exit.

 Sponsored By
 
Wells Fargo Advisors 
 
 * Attendance is strictly limited to business owners *
 
Location
 
Highland- March Office Business Center
25 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 200
Braintree, MA 02184


To Register: http://www.coral-group.com/seminar

October 23, 2009 - BlogSpotRadio Leadership Series
October 23, 2009 - BlogSpotRadio Leadership Series
 

Leadership Series
 
How can leaders keep themselves and their employees motivated and productive during these challenging times?
 
We ask the experts, including Bill Gately, Principal of The Rockland Group, Inc. and others. Listen in live at Blog Talk Radio - Motivated and Productive on Friday, October 23rd from 10:00 to 11:00 AM.

October 19, 2009 - Developing and Delivering a Public Seminar
October 19, 2009 - Developing and Delivering a Public Seminar

Society of Professional Consultants

 

Society of Professional Consultants
Monthly Dinner Meeting

Monday, October 19, 2009
5:30pm - 9:00pm • Hilton Garden Inn • Waltham, MA

Developing and Delivering a Public Seminar

Speaker: Bill Gately

One of the major challenges consultants face is effectively marketing their services. There are a number of ways that consultants can become known and recognized for their expertise. Among the most powerful are talks and seminars. Many consultants don’t consider them because they don’t know what is required to be successful, or where to begin. In this session, Bill will demonstrate “in real time” the process he follows for determining his audience, developing his presentation, identifying a venue, scheduling, registration and follow through. This is “real time:" On October 27th Bill is delivering the seminar he will be using as his example.

In addition, Bill, Steve Balzac and Joanne Dustin will talk about their experience with the SPC half-day seminar for prospective consultants that they delivered along with Bruce Katcher in May. They will provide handouts of tips, techniques and lessons learned that will give you the information you need to successfully launch your own seminar.

Our Speaker, Bill Gately

Bill Gately, president of the Rockland Group, is the founder of two companies and brings over 30 years' experience leading and managing startup, early and mid-stage technology and manufacturing businesses. He has held executive and management positions responsible for P&L, strategy, business development, finance, sales and marketing, product and technology development, and operations.

This strong combination of business and technical expertise allows Bill to provide comprehensive insight into a company's overall performance and culture as well as the performance and culture of each department. Bill is able to rapidly identify the root causes of business and technical challenges and quickly establish credibility with key employees in order to successfully implement action plans.

Bill's proven effectiveness is derived from his ability to communicate at all levels and disciplines within an organization. Having worked in several business, commercial, technical, and operational roles, Bill has a demonstrated track record of successfully working with C-level peers, senior executives, middle managers, and key employees in a variety of business situations. Bill is action-oriented and willingly rolls up his sleeves to implement agreed upon action plans rather than simply providing presentations and advice.

To register: http://spconsultants.org/notices/DinnerMeeting/2009/dinner-OCT-2009.html


September 27, 2009 - Guest Appearance on WCAP AM980

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Mind Your Own Business
with Dexter Fountain and Rick Brutti
 
Sunday, September 27th from 10:00 - 11:00am
 
Listen On-Line: www.980WCAP.com

Call In Questions: (978) 454-4980

Guest Appearance:
Bill Gately of The Rockland Group

If you are a private business owner or manager who is looking to grow your business or is struggling to navigate today's economic climate tune in on Sunday to receive valuable insight and ACTIONABLE advice in the following areas:
  • Business Strategy
  • Market Strategy
  • Product Development
  • Technology Commercialization
  • Operations Strategy
  • Profitability Improvement
  • Cost Reduction
  • Exit Planning and Preparation

    980 WCAP-AM - Merrimack Valley Radio, LLC
    243 Central Street, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852

August 4, 2009 - Forum for Entrepreneur-Advisor Collaboration III
Forum for Entrepreneur-Advisor Collaboration III

Bill Gately of The Rockland Group will be facilitating a video case study of an actual client business challenge at the offices of Gesmer Updegrove located at 40 Broad Street in Boston next Tuesday, August 4th at 7:15 AM. This event is part of The Exit Planning Exchange's Forum for Entrepreneur-Advisor Collaboration Series.

The client's identity will be held confidential but all other facts are actual. This small manufacturing business owner is facing real world, life changing business and personal decisions with very limited time for analysis. It will be up to the audience to help provide solutions. It promises to be an interesting and informative session.


The Rockland Group Launches Blog
The Rockland Group Blog

Advice and insight for business owners, managers, and stakeholders.

Visit The Rockland Group's newly released Blog.


November 19, 2008 - Presentation - Driving Profitable Growth in Challenging Environments
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Driving the Profitable Growth of Tech and
Manufacturing Companies in Challenging Environments

*** To download a copy of this presentation go to the Articles-Audio page ***

November 19, 2008
7:30 - 9:30 AM
Waltham, MA


The global economic and financial challenges of the last several months have sent shock waves throughout US based tech and manufacturing companies. Many of these early to mid stage companies are now totally focused on maintaining their very survival. However, by maintaining an internal focus on survival these companies can quickly forfeit market leadership positions, emerging opportunities, or worse, put themselves in a self-inflicted death spiral.

Challenging times like these can present a rare opportunity to drive profitable growth of your company by outmaneuvering crippled and paralyzed competitors. What are the factors that separate these emerging leaders from the pack? What are the important elements you need to be working on now to drive profitable growth in these challenging times? The key is to maintain a balanced and outward market view while focusing on achieving strategic alignment of your company's core processes. Join us as Bill Gately of The Rockland Group, presents a "hands on" approach to implementing this powerful combination. If you are lucky your competitors will skip this event and stay in their offices to focus on survival.


November 6, 2008 - Guest Spotlight Interview
Pinnacle Equity Solutions
Bill Gately, President of the Rockland Group will be interviewed by John Leonetti, Managing Director of Pinnacle Equity Solutions on the topic of what strategic actions privately held company owners and managers should be employing during these challenging economic times to drive profitable growth in their businesses.

*** For a Windows Media audio download of this interview go to the Articles-Audio page ***