Tailwind for business succession
The summer break is over. The successor bus will soon be setting off on its fall 2019 tour, with the first of a total of five stops in St. Gallen on September 12. Then the Infomobile, which is unique in this form so far, will stop from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. in front of the Scala (Kitag Cinemas), Bohl 1, 9000 St. Gallen.
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 a suitable successor? The "Initiative Nachfolgebus" and its team of experts in St. Gallen are available to answer these and other pressing questions for SME owners and potential buyers.
Benefit from expert and practical knowledge
Under the motto "We present company stories and discuss realities", the 2019 Succession Bus Tour will focus even more strongly on succession practice. To this end, in addition to the individual discussions, insights into the succession stories of a wide variety of Swiss companies will be provided by means of interviews and practical dialogues with regional SME entrepreneurs and experts with succession experience.
It is better to succeed than to start from scratch
Apart from the fact that entering entrepreneurship via succession is often more successful than a start-up due to the already existing basis, this thesis is also supported by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2018/19 close. The Country Report Switzerland of the GEMwritten by the Fribourg School of Economics (HSW-FR) and SUPSI with the support of the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF), dispels the myth of "Start-up Nation Switzerland". The Swiss population's intentions to start a business are significantly lower in 2018/19 (6.9%) than in 2017 (10.5%). (...). In fact, only 7.4% of the Swiss have started a business. This means that the start-up rate is strikingly below the average of the comparison countries (10.4%). In a resulting recommendation, the Country Report Switzerland states that the focus of support programs should be increasingly directed toward business succession.
Promoting company succession in a more targeted manner
This is a tailwind for business succession and the succession bus. According to the country report, there is an increasing need for the Swiss economy to offer SMEs the same targeted support for their succession planning that startups have long received. This is where the succession bus comes in as a free exchange platform. This is one of the few opportunities for buyers and sellers to tackle business succession directly, practically and discreetly.
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