At Business Transitions Forum Atlantic, Adam Doiron, Owner of Prince Edward Island Preserve Company and former owner of Coach Atlantic Group; Jalal Jetha, Managing Director of Cascadia Equity Partners; and Dwight Fraser, Founding Partner of Franchise Management Inc., Fensmarket Inc. and Clearstone Capital, joined moderator Jillian Murray, Partner at Doane Grant Thornton LLP, to share what decades of acquisitions have taught them.

Business owners know their companies better than anyone. That expertise is one of their greatest strengths, but it can also create a blind spot. The longer owners spend immersed in the day-to-day, the harder it becomes to see the business through the eyes of a buyer.

Most businesses don't stop growing because they run out of opportunity. They stop growing because the leadership that built the business isn't the leadership the next stage requires.