Defined exit plan eases transition at $34 million business

Exiting a business after decades building it up requires lots of planning, an entrepreneur recently learned.

  • By Jay Schlichter
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 6, 2019
JimJett.com. Olga Placeres, left, recently took over the ownership of Preferred Travel of Naples from the agency's founder, Wilma Boyd, right. Photo by Jim Jett.
JimJett.com. Olga Placeres, left, recently took over the ownership of Preferred Travel of Naples from the agency's founder, Wilma Boyd, right. Photo by Jim Jett.
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After leading a travel agency for 35 years, Wilma Boyd felt it was time to step back and do a little traveling of her own.

 

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