{"id":320,"date":"2017-06-19T16:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/?p=320"},"modified":"2017-06-19T16:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:38:28","slug":"get-your-esop-to-the-finish-line-in-5-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/2017\/06\/get-your-esop-to-the-finish-line-in-5-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your ESOP to the Finish Line in 5 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to your business succession plan, and you&#8217;ve put many hours and sometimes sleepless nights into the research process. There are a lot of options to consider, and you&#8217;re starting to formulate a strategy that feels right to you.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a long time to wade through the various scenarios that might be best suited to your personal business situation.\u00a0 Unfortunately, retirement planning takes just that\u2014a ton of planning!\u00a0 But you&#8217;re off to a great start\u2014you know that an ESOP is a right fit for you.<\/p>\n<p>ESOPs provide a wonderful way for a CEO to transition from a very active role to a more passive one.\u00a0 Employees opting into an ESOP gain a real feeling of ownership, pride, and teamwork.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a win-win situation for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the benefits to all parties involved was easy for you.\u00a0 But trying to actually implement ESOPs into your business?\u00a0 Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to become overwhelmed by what appears to be an insurmountable task.\u00a0 The sheer amount of logistical paperwork seems like a nightmare!\u00a0 But like anything worth tackling, it becomes less intimidating when broken down into simple, manageable steps.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, you will discover five straightforward steps to take your ESOP from just a concept to a reality.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbhcpas.com\/blog\/get-your-esop-to-the-finish-line-in-5-steps\" target=\"_blank\">Click to read the rest of the article on the GBH website.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to your business succession plan, and you&#8217;ve put many hours and sometimes sleepless nights into the research process. There are a lot of options to consider, and you&#8217;re starting to formulate a strategy that feels right to you. It takes a long time to wade through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,106,104],"tags":[110,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esopmarketplace.com\/esopblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}