This course is designed to aid business owners and managers in their approaching to planning for retirement or career change after they have begun a successive business. Data from 2023 indicate that the majority of business owners do NOT successfully plan for their retirement, and often miss the most opportune time to sell or step back from their business. This class discusses, compares and contrast the various methods for business owners to exit from their small business. The choice of exit determines whether a retirement will be successfully funded, or whether a business will continue or be sold.
Participants will:
This is a Zoom webinar. Upon registration, you will receive your Zoom link via email.
Margaret Ryder is a business consultant in the Gainesville office.
She earned her JD in 1994 and ran her law practice for 20 years, which provided the opportunity to work with business owners and entrepreneurs in the areas of small business creation, real estate, estate law, mediation, and contract disputes. She became an adjunct professor of business in 2007, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in business law, managerial ethics, and human resource management at multiple private universities.
She retired from the practice of law in 2018 and dedicated herself to teaching full time. She finished her Doctor of Business Administration in 2020 and completed the J.W. Fanning Institute’s General Civil Mediation Training and Practicum in 2021 at UGA. She has published and presented in areas of business marketing for community banks, The U.N. Compact, international corporations delisting from the NYSE, and biases in managerial decision-making.
Her multiple experiences allow her to bring a comprehensive approach to small business development. She is a firm believer that small businesses form the core of healthy economic growth and provide positive impacts throughout the community and beyond.
All programs of the UGA SBDC 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.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The University of Georgia
Small Business Development Center
382 East Broad Street
Athens, GA 30602-5412
P: (706) 542-2762
