Planning should begin years in advance. Having a defined strategy can help you build a more valuable company, have stronger personal financial plans and ensure it aligns with your personal goals. This workshop is designed to give business owners a knowledge base, vocabulary and an understanding of the process to create a thorough exit strategy. Whether you plan to transfer ownership to family members, sell your business or close your business, this workshop is designed to build a foundation of understanding for the eventual transfer of a business owners’ biggest asset – their privately held business. Key concepts include: business valuation, determining the right exit strategy, 3 things you can do to add value to your business to get ready for a sale, and getting your business ready for transition after a sale.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
This is a webinar. After registering, you’ll receive a separate email from our webinar platform with your unique access link.
C. David Chambless is president of Abraxas Business Services, specialists in business brokerage, mergers and acquisitions, and exit strategy and succession planning for businesses with revenues of $5- to $30-million. For the past 14 years, Chambless has led a team of professionals that use proven methodologies developed over years of business brokerage and M&A experience to meet clients’ goals. He has a Master of Business Administration in Finance degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering degree from Georgia Tech. In 1982, he became a Certified Public Accountant.
Tom Jones is the area director at the UGA Small Business Development Center in Gainesville. Bringing more than 30 years of experience helping companies of all sizes grow and thrive in a variety of markets and conditions..
Tom has built and led marketing teams and has experience in branding, marketing communications, value proposition development, brand transitions, acquisitions, website optimization and digital marketing.
In addition to his corporate career, Tom served as an adjunct marketing professor at the University of North Georgia, where he taught MBA and undergraduate courses.
The UGA Small Business Development Center is a Public Service and Outreach unit of the University of Georgia. This program is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and is supported by federal taxpayer funds. Our federal funding disclosure can be found at www.georgiasbdc.org.
By registering, I certify that I am legally authorized to receive services funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars, in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations. All programs are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
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