Drive Value

Drive Value empowers business owners, their leadership teams, and the next generation to unlock their company’s full potential by providing the education, insights, resources, and experts needed to grow profits, build strong cultures, and create lasting impact. The platform equips business owners and their leadership teams with valuable resources and expert guidance to help them create value and align business, personal, and financial goals. By emphasizing a mindset shift toward long-term significance, Drive Value helps owners achieve greater freedom, attract top talent, and build legacies for both their companies and communities.

The most valuable companies aren’t just successful—they are significant. As the landscape of business ownership evolves, shifting from success to significance is essential for building lasting value. A significant company is one that is valuable, transferrable, ready, and attractive at any point, while aligned with the business owner's business, personal, and financial goals. It does not just chase profits, it builds long-term value, drives sustainable growth, and leaves a legacy that impacts its employees, customers, and communities for generations to come.

2025 Tennessee State of Owner Readiness Survey

Are you a business owner in Tennessee? The Exit Planning Institute is setting out to assess and understand the "State of Readiness" to transition privately-held small and middle market businesses. There are 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day and this generation owns 51% of privately held businesses in the United States. In recent surveys, 3 out of 4 business owners "profoundly regretted" their decision to sell within one year of exiting due to lack of "readiness."