response up there on stage? does ted cruz jump in and say, i want to stand up for my friend, ben carson? does the moderators say, excuse me, sir, this is a substantiate debate? i think trump will do that. i think he may throw off a zinger. i think if anybody is going to be the focus tonight of attacks, it s going to be rubio. i think that dynamic will be one. from jeb bush, you think no, actually, i think we re going to see jeb bush begin his exit strategy, frankly. i think jeb bush has got to walk away from this race. i think he s got to return to where he was at the beginning, which is, if the republican party has walked away from me, i m willing to just say good-bye. and i think he needs to do that, because he s actually tainted the bush name more than it was when he started the race. which is pretty impressive, in a way. and i think he s got to be thinking about his son, frankly, george p., and his political future nationally. so i think we ll see people go after rubio. i t
can write in what they want. the same thing on facebook. the adult deposit through linkedin. it s a wonderful way to keep in contact and keep in touch with the people i serve. stick around as we mark the kickoff of our tenth season with what we love to do most. answer your small business questions. we ll be talking about invest irinvolvement and planning and exit strategy. we thought we d be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn t need a loan. we needed short-term funding. fast. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. you can t predict it, but you can be ready. another step on the journey.
here. and so, jim, i know that you can have to get back into the briefing room and you can pepper john ernst or whoever takes the podium with questions, and they won t stop the after today either. i want to bring in bob, our intelligence security analyst and former cia operative, and in a book years ago you wrote that this is the type of thing that can turn into the 30-year war, and while donald trump suggests thi things like the americans shouldn t be be involved and let people fight it out, it is critical to get involved no m matter how or what if not just to have some stake in the resolution or the outcome. but i m not sure that anybody can see an exit strategy, outcome, solution, a winner or luszer. at this point, there are so many pl players, bob. yes, you are right, ashleigh, no strategy. sending aid and troops to help the the kurds in eastern syria is a band-aid on the gaping wound. this is going to get us nowhere at the end of the day. maybe we will win a couple of
still have a choice, so on that case i think he wants to be a little bit early coupled with the more progress you make without them, the better bargaining position you re going to be in. and i would add you should think about investors when you want to stop having full control of decisions because that s a really big part of it, too, which is you re used to doing your business the way, making decisions you way you make decisions. the minute you bring in the outside party it s not your baby anymore. there s growth capital you can get. you can get all sorts of different options with debt that can help you get to where you want to go, you know, pay for your accounts receivables, pay to grow your business so maybe never. he s in a good position unlike many other companies he s in good position where he s got the cash. finally we have one more question about getting out of your business. how do i go about planning an exit strategy that will really
be a win/win for us and an opportunity for someone else? where does she begin, monica? with an exit strategy that works for everyone i think one of the big things to consider is just time. are you allowing enough time for an orderly transition? i think the folks, the employees, that s definitely a consideration. the employees that work for you are they going to have enough upside when there s new management, when there s going to be a new buyer in the business, so a lot of business owners what do you mean by upside, are they going to participate in some of the sale or will they keep their jobs? i think all of the above. are they going to be around and feel motivated to continue to th their jobs. people stick around for other reasons than money, they have a relationship, they feel a level of stability, like the culture. how can you make that transition more orderly and the big emphasis is time. there are probably if she thinks about it a couple of likely buyers already.