Exiting is a process, not an event: Don't limit your exit strategy planning with what you don't know -- Setting your exit goals -- are you ready to leave?:The mental game of business exits -- What type of exiting owner are you? -- Selling the buisness -- private equity group recapitalizations -- Employee stock ownership plans as exit vehicles -- Sale versus recapitalization versus ESOP -- Management buyouts -- Gifting strategies for exiting business owners -- Deal structuring and taxes: It's not what you get but what you keep that counts -- Exit strategies and estate tax planning: protecting your wealth with some extate planning strategies -- Legal agreements that you need to know: you will sign agreements; know them before you sign them -- Forming an exit strategy advisory team: your agenda comes ahead of your advisors -- Pulling it all together.