Succession bus 2019: Experts get business succession off the ground
Every day, 14 SMEs close in Switzerland due to a lack of a succession solution. Carla Kaufmann, an experienced expert in the field of business succession, has been observing this negative development for eight years. Since it is well known that watching changes nothing, she initiated the "Succession Bus" project. Its 2019 tour starts on April 4 in Zurich.
Of the approximately 600,000 companies in Switzerland, almost 74,000 are currently facing a succession plan. 30 percent fail in this task, because it is complex, time-consuming and requires a wide range of skills. A good 5,000 companies and 30,0001) jobs are lost every year as a result. This development prompted Carla Kaufmann, an experienced succession expert, to focus more attention on business succession among entrepreneurs and the general public in 2018. To this end, she called the "Successor Bus Initiative" and toured throughout German-speaking Switzerland. An Infomobile with 15 experienced succession experts on board, who provide comprehensive information to entrepreneurs in free talks and point out possible solutions. After a more than positive response to the premiere tour with over 170 hours of information talks and 950 tour kilometers, it was clear: the succession bus will be back on the road in 2019.
Successor bus 2019: Start in Zurich
The tour will kick off on April 4, 2019, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., in Zurich, Talstrasse 39. Under the motto "We present company stories and discuss realities," this second tour will focus even more strongly on succession practice. To this end, in addition to the one-on-one meetings, insights into the succession stories of a wide variety of Swiss companies will be provided through interviews and practice dialogs with entrepreneurs and experts.
Broad-based team of experts
How does a succession work? What do I have to prepare? What is the value of my company? How do I find a successor for my company? Am I suitable as a successor? The "Initiative Nachfolgebus" (Succession Bus Initiative) and its team of experts in Zurich answer these and other "burning" questions for SME owners and provide them with a wide range of information.
