Features
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Q&A: Joel Bartlett of DECKadence Marine Flooring
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — From a distance, it looks like carpeting; up close it looks like fuzzy no-slip matting. In…
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Q&A: Budgeting for growth
Boating Industry editors spoke to Travis and Cathy Hayes, co-owners of Hayes Marine in Appling, Ga., about their perspective on…
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Follow the succession planning leaders
When it comes to succession planning, all of the marine businesses in our industry are in the same boat. That…
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Succession Case Study: Kelly’s Port
Randy Kelly, it seems, had a big jump on most small business owners. Unlike many of his colleagues, he began…
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Succession Case Study: Singleton Marine Group
Austin Singleton knows a good deal about succession planning. As the second-generation owner of Singleton Marine Group, he took the…
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Succession Case Study: M&P Mercury Sales Ltd.
Having navigated a two-family partnership buyout over the past decade, M&P Mercury Sales Owner and President Bob Pappajohn has already…
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Succession Case Study: Crowe Marine
It happened quickly. Bill Crowe had been working at his family’s dealership in East Point, Ga., for nearly seven years.…
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Finding the balance between family and business
Managing the relationships between your business and your family is key to developing an effective succession plan. Most people have…
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Succession: It’s for employees too
If you think succession planning is only for the owners and their heirs, you’re wrong. Just as important is creating…
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Four alternatives to family succession
If you have a family-owned business, the biggest problem you’ll likely face when it comes to identifying a successor is…
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