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As a business owner, there are unexpected challenges and inevitable milestones. Having the confidence to meet them depends on your level of preparation.
At FNBO, we’re here to help business owners like you plan and navigate critical decisions that affect your long- term financial well- being and transition.
Guiding transition. Preserving continuity.
After six generations of family ownership, no one knows the importance of proactive transition planning better than FNBO. Our expert team is honored to be able to help you, your family, and future leadership prepare for that moment, whether they’re family, key employees or outside buyers.
Learn more about how our Business Owner Advisory Services can help you.
Here's what we do for you
Enterprise Value Estimate
Understanding the value of your company is important when making decisions for your future.
Transition Planning Advisors
Our credentialed advisors are on your side to provide coordination, action, and accountability across your advisor team.
Risk & Continuity Review
Even successful business owners can overlook the basics. Our team helps you prepare and uncover gaps in your plan.
Owner Community and Resources
We help connect you with a confidential peer group and content so you can discover shared experiences and gain insight from other business owners in your position or who are a step ahead.
Introducing Business Owner Advisory Services
Transitioning ownership of a business is a daunting prospect. We’re here to help you navigate predictable decisions and help set up new leadership for success, whether they’re family, key employees, or outside buyers.
Four Outcomes of Financial Wellbeing
FNBO’s proprietary system is designed to provide foundational security around four key outcomes for business owners. These unique metrics allow us to measure your progress toward each outcome, diagnose issues along the way and develop action plans for success.
Disaster Preparation
Preparation means identifying substantial risks and contingency plans for asset protection and business transition.
Transferable Value
To achieve your goals, you want to ensure your company has long- term sustainability and clear transferable value for future owners.
Financial Coordination
An organized owner knows their business value, understands its assets and can put advisory perspectives into action.
Ownership Goals
We help connect you with a confidential peer group and content so you can discover shared experiences and gain insight from other business owners in your position or who are a step ahead.
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Kris Karnes
Sr. Director, Business Owner Advisory Services
Lynne Werner
Sr. Director, Business Owner Advisory Services
Kearney & Grand Island
Josh Huseman
Vice President, Business Owner Advisory Service
Laura Troshynski
Sr. Director, Business Owner Advisory Services
North Platte, NE
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Effective Employee Retention Strategies to Add Value to Your Business
Read time 4 min | Maintaining key employees is not only essential to keep your business running from day to day, but it’s essential when you think about transitioning your business in the future. In this article, we’ll share some key employee retention strategies to keep your star players on the team.
Exit Planning: 3 Keys to a Successful Business Transition
Read time: 3 min | Exit planning is a complex process that requires several early decisions for a successful transition. If you’re a business owner, here are the top three things you should know now to ensure you’re ready when you want to transition your business.
White Paper: Evaluating Whether to Sell Your Business to Employees
Read time: 5 min | This White Paper examines the primary considerations, potential benefits, and key challenges of the selling your business to employees.
Why Should You Define Job Roles Within Your Family Business?
Clarity breeds success, especially in a family business. In this blog post, we delve into the importance of clearly defining job roles within your family business and how it can lead to better communication, increased productivity and stronger relationships.
What is an ESOP, and Can it Help Secure Your Company's Future?
As a business owner, an ESOP can be an overlooked option that you may want to consider. ESOPs make it possible for employees to become stakeholders in the company where they invest their time and talents, and they provide business owners with a solid exit strategy.
Essential Tips for Creating a Rock-Solid Business Buy-Sell Agreement
Uncertainties and unexpected events are part of doing business, but company owners can mitigate risks by taking appropriate actions. One way to safeguard your interests, and those of your family, is through a well-crafted buy-sell agreement.
What 3 Value Drivers Make a Business Attractive to Buyers?
Long before it’s time to sell, you can take steps to make your business more appealing to potential buyers. Learn about three key value drivers in our latest blog post:
What Buyer Is Right for Your Business? Evaluating Internal and External Sales Options
Whether you are considering an internal sale, an external sale or still exploring your options, it's important to take control of your exit.
We may refer you to (a) other FNBO lines of business or affiliates of FNBO, or (b) service providers with an established referral relationship with FNBO. Please note that FNBO may receive a financial benefit if you elect to utilize FNBO, its affiliates or referral partners as part of your Advisor Team; however, individual FNBO Business Owner Advisors are never compensated for referrals.
Our Advisory Services do not contain: (a) an opinion as to business or asset value. Any business value discussed with us or provided to you as part of our Advisory Services are merely an estimate of value, and does not indicate or guarantee the price at which your business or any interest in it can be sold. To determine more accurately the value of your business, we recommend that you engage a certified valuation specialist or certified business appraiser. If we provide an estimate of value to you, it will be a range that is provided to us by our vendors and is subject to the foregoing disclaimers (b) tax, legal, financial planning, insurance, securities or investment advice, sales recommendations or analysis, broker-dealer services, finder/placement services, or securities execution. In providing services to you, we are not acting as a fiduciary, investment advisor, appraiser, or broker/dealer.