Charting Opportunities With Portus Wealth Advisors

William Bissett
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 Unlocking Business Growth: Charting Opportunities with Portus Wealth Advisors Welcome to "Charting Opportunities," a dynamic monthly series brought to you by Portus Wealth Advisors, designed to empower business owners with actionable insights and strategies for growth. We understand the unique challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs, and this platform is dedicated to providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed. Join us for live, in-depth discussions featuring industry experts covering a wide range of critical topics. From mastering estate planning and optimizing business insurance to navigating the complexities of financial planning, marketing, sales, and HR, we're committed to delivering content that matters. We dive deep into real-world solutions, helping you move beyond basic strategies and achieve tangible results. Our expert guests share their proven methods for enhancing operational efficiency, improving financial reporting, and developing robust growth strategies. Learn how to optimize your business for potential acquisitions, understand current market dynamics, and cultivate a thriving work environment. We also address crucial aspects of stress management and personal well-being, ensuring you perform at your peak while building a sustainable business. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, "Charting Opportunities" provides invaluable resources to help you elevate your business. Subscribe now to stay informed, gain expert perspectives, and chart your path to success with Portus Wealth Advisors. 

  1. 1d ago

    Why Your Buyer’s Offer Is Lower Than the Number in Your Head | Portus Perspective

    You’ve got a number in your head for what your business is worth. What if the buyer’s offer comes in way below it? ➡️ Want to know how a buyer will actually value your business?  https://portusadvisors.com/youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep62 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William shares the story of a client who nearly lost his sale over that exact gap. Here’s what happened: He had a number in mind. A competitor had sold a similar business six to eight months earlier, and he had a good idea what it went for and how his own business was performing. So when his offer came in significantly lower, he took it as a huge insult and walked away from the deal. Now he’s back in the market. He’s got two potential strategic buyers and a real shot at an LOI, with a sale possible by the end of the first quarter of next year. But before going any further, William sat down with him to walk through how value actually gets built. Here’s the thing about owners. You know your business better than anyone else in the room. Your customers, your margins, your team, your reputation. That knowledge is real, and it matters. But knowing your business and knowing what a buyer will pay for it are two very different things. What you usually see is one offer, one multiple, one price. Underneath that, a buyer has taken your business apart and valued each piece on its own. Multiple markets: If you operate in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington, each one is performing differently. Better margins in one, weaker revenue in another. Each gets valued on its own merits.Multiple lines of work: An installation business has lumpy income. You’re not guaranteed to win the next contract, and that risk gets a lower multiple. A recurring revenue business comes in the door every week, every month, every year. That’s less risky and earns a higher multiple.The buyer adds those pieces together, and that total becomes the offer. Then you divide by the EBITDA from your quality of earnings report, and that’s how you find your real multiple. That’s why a competitor’s sale price doesn’t tell you what you’re worth. Even if you both do $20, $30, or $40 million a year, your operations aren’t identical. If you do more installation and they do more service, your multiples will be different. If your largest market is dropping while theirs keeps growing, that changes things too. William’s challenge to every owner is simple. Before you anchor to a value, a multiple, or anything else about what your business is worth, ask yourself one question: Do you know how a buyer is going to value each piece of what you’ve built? Not the whole thing. Each piece. If you can’t answer that, you don’t have your number yet. And walking into a sale without it could cost you more than money. It could cost you the deal. Key Topics Covered: The Number in Your Head: Why every owner has one and why it’s often wrong.The Walk Away: How a low offer nearly cost a client his sale.Sum of the Parts: How buyers value each market and each line of work separately.Lumpy vs. Recurring Revenue: Why risk drives different multiples inside the same business.Finding Your Real Multiple: How the final offer and your EBITDA determine it.Why Comparables Mislead: Why a competitor’s sale price rarely applies to your business.If you’ve ever said “my business is worth more than that,” this episode is for you. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: Why Your Buyer’s Offer Is Lower Than the Number in Your Head | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on November 1, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 62 #BusinessExit #ExitStrategy #SellYourBusiness #BusinessValuation #EBITDA #BusinessOwner #MergersAndAcquisitions #WealthManagement #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #ExitPlanning #QualityOfEarnings #BusinessSale

  2. 4d ago

    The Communication Breakdown That Cost a Business Owner $30,000 | Portus Perspectives

    A business owner paid $30,000 for a report nobody was going to accept. It wasn’t because the work was bad. It was because of one question nobody asked. ➡️ Thinking about selling? Find out who should be sitting at the center of your table.  https://portusadvisors.com/youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep61 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William shares a story about a client who was selling his business and did almost everything right. He interviewed multiple M&A firms and found the one he wanted to hire. The firm told him they’d need a quality of earnings report before going to market and asked if he had someone in mind. He did. A good friend had recommended a firm, so he hired them. The M&A advisor said, “Run your route.” Weeks later, the client came back with his report, happy to be done. The M&A advisor looked at it and said, “It only has one year. We need more.” Every buyer is going to look for two years of financials, if not three. When the client went back to the quality of earnings firm, they told him, “You didn’t say you were selling the business. You just said you needed a report.” The deal survived. The M&A firm was gracious and split the cost of the second year with him. But $30,000 had already been spent on something he couldn’t use. So what went wrong? Nobody was talking to each other.  Each advisor did their own job well. The quality of earnings firm produced a quality of earnings report. The M&A firm asked the right questions about their own lane. But nobody was sitting at the center of the table connecting those lanes and asking how one impacts the other. Here’s the lesson William wants every business owner to hear: Your advisors will tell you what you need to know about their specific lane.That’s useful, but it isn’t enough.The buyers set the rules, not you and not your team.If you’re thinking about selling, whether it’s three years or five years from now, start asking one question: "What is a buyer going to require of me to get this deal done?" When you interview advisors, listen to how they answer. If they talk only about their own area of expertise, you’ve found a lane person.  You need lane people.  But you also need to find the person at the center of the table, the one who can see how all the lanes fit together and how they affect both the buyer and you. Keep interviewing until you find that person. Everything else falls into place. Key Topics Covered: The $30,000 Mistake: How a one-year quality of earnings report couldn’t be used in a sale.The Communication Breakdown: Why nobody asked the question that would’ve prevented it.Lane People vs. the Person at the Center of the Table: Why you need both.Buyers Set the Rules: Why two to three years of financials is the standard.Cross-Pollinating Information: How to keep your advisors’ work from being disconnected.The One Question to Ask: What is a buyer going to require of me to get this deal done?If you’re getting ready to sell and assembling your team, this episode could save you real time and real money. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: The Communication Breakdown That Cost a Business Owner $30,000 | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on October 28, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 61 #BusinessExit #ExitStrategy #SellYourBusiness #QualityOfEarnings #MergersAndAcquisitions #BusinessOwner #Entrepreneurship #WealthManagement #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #SuccessionPlanning #DueDiligence #ExitPlanning #DealTeam

  3. Oct 26

    The Story That Brought Half the Room to Tears and What It Teaches Us | Portus Perspectives

    He was on the verge of his first business acquisition.  SBA loan approved, deal in place, ready to step into entrepreneurship for the first time.  Then it was ripped out from underneath him.  Legal fees, no business, and nowhere to go but back to his parents’ house with his wife and three boys. ➡️ Have a failure story of your own? Ready to talk about what comes next?  https://portusadvisors.com/youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep60 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William shares a powerful story from a recent Charting Opportunities event featuring Mitch Dreisbach, a guest whose story of failure and what came after it left half the audience in tears. Mitch had spent years climbing through corporate, building a well-rounded skill set without even meaning to. When the time came to go out on his own, he secured an SBA loan to acquire an existing business.  Everything was in motion.  Then it fell apart.  Left with nothing but legal fees and the weight of a dream evaporated. The result was selling the house and moving back home with his family. By most definitions, that is failure.  But that isn't the end of Mitch's story. William connects Mitch’s experience to a broader truth about what success looks like when you viewed up close.  It's almost never a straight line.  It's failures stacked on top of each other until something finally works.  William ran the Charlotte Angel Connection podcast for six or seven years, interviewing 160 to 170 founders, and the most consistent message he heard from all of them was the same.  Fail fast.  Learn.  Try again.  Fail again.  Try again... until you get there. Failure isn't a dead end. It's a redirection.  And the business owners who understand that are the ones who keep going long enough to find out where the redirection leads. Key Topics Covered: Mitch’s Story: An SBA acquisition that fell apart, the legal fees, and the move back home with a wife and three boys.Failure as Redirection: Why Napoleon Hill’s definition of failure as a temporary redirection is the right lens to see it through.Stacking Failures: Why success is almost always the result of accumulated failures, not the absence of them.The Charlotte Angel Connection: What 160 founders consistently said about failure and what it taught William.Fail Fast: Why the startup mindset of failing quickly and learning applies to every business owner at every stage.Your Turn: What are the failures that created your greatest growth and what might lie ahead because of them?If you've ever hit a wall and wondered whether it was a dead end or a redirection, this episode will help you see it very differently. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: The Story That Brought Half the Room to Tears and What It Teaches Us | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on October 22, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 60 00:00 The Napoleon Hill Quote That Sets the Stage  00:30 Introducing Mitch Strizbach and the Charting Opportunities Event  01:00 The SBA Acquisition That Fell Apart  01:30 Losing Everything and Moving Back Home  02:00 Why That Was Not the End of the Story  02:30 Success Is Just Failures Stacked on Top of Each Other  03:00 The Charlotte Angel Connection and the Fail Fast Mindset  03:30 What Failure Looks Like as a Period of Growth  04:00 What Are Your Failures That Created the Most Growth  04:30 What Lies Ahead Because of What You Have Been Through #Failure #Entrepreneurship #BusinessOwner #GrowthMindset #Resilience #FailFast #WealthManagement #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #BusinessGrowth #Mindset #SBALoan

  4. Oct 23

    What SpaceX’s IPO Can Teach You About Selling Your Business | Portus Perspectives

    SpaceX went public this summer. Their second earnings report just dropped and the stock is up. But here's what most people missed about that IPO and what it means for every business owner thinking about an exit. ➡️ Ready to start preparing your business for sale the right way? https://portusadvisors.com In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William uses the SpaceX IPO as a window into something every business owner needs to understand before they go to market. An IPO is nothing but an exit.  SpaceX went from private shareholders to public shareholders. The process they went through to get there, the investment bankers, the quality of earnings review, the roadshow, the market validation, is the same process a business owner goes through whether they are selling to private equity, a strategic buyer, or an ESOP. But here's the part that most business owners never think about: Before SpaceX ever filed to go public, they did something else. They made strategic hires to build an executive team capable of managing a public company. They looked at their income statement and balance sheet and asked what could be accelerated, cleaned up, or optimized to put the company in the best possible light. They expanded into markets that made the business look stronger and more attractive. None of that is fraudulent. It's preparation. And it's exactly what business owners should be doing years before they go to market. William also explains why so many IPO stocks drop 20, 30, or 40% within the first year of going public. The income that was accelerated starts to normalize. The expenses that were delayed start to show up.  Margins compress.  Investors panic.  The stock price often falls. The lesson for business owners is the same. You want the wind at your back when you go to market. Clean income statement, right team in place, processes documented, and timing that works in your favor. Don't wait until you're ready to sell to start preparing. The companies that get the best outcomes start way before the market ever sees them coming. Key Topics Covered: The SpaceX IPO as an Exit: Why going public and selling a private business are more similar than most people realize.The Pre-IPO Playbook: Strategic hires, income acceleration, expense timing, and market expansion.Why IPO Stocks Drop: What income acceleration and delayed expenses do to margins after the deal closes.Wind at Your Back: Why timing, preparation, and presentation matter as much as the underlying numbers.The Right Team: Why bringing in capable leadership that can run the company without the founder is a pre-exit essential.Your Takeaway: What to look at on your income statement and balance sheet right now to start preparing.If you 've been watching the SpaceX story and wondering what any of it has to do with your business, this episode will show you exactly why it has everything to do with it. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: What SpaceX’s IPO Can Teach You About Selling Your Business | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on October 21, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 59 00:00 SpaceX’s IPO and What It Has to Do With Selling Your Business  00:30 An IPO Is Nothing But an Exit  01:00 The Pre-IPO Preparation Most People Never See  01:30 Strategic Hires and Executive Team Building  02:00 Accelerating Income and Timing Expenses Before Going to Market  02:30 Why IPO Stocks Drop 20 to 40 Percent After Going Public  03:00 What That Drop Teaches Business Owners About Preparation  03:30 Getting the Wind at Your Back Before You Go to Market  04:00 What to Look at on Your Income Statement and Balance Sheet Now  04:30 Is Your Team Ready to Lead the Next Stage #BusinessExit #ExitStrategy #SellYourBusiness #SpaceX #IPO #BusinessOwner #Entrepreneurship #WealthManagement #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #SuccessionPlanning #MergersAndAcquisitions #BusinessValuation #ExitPlanning

  5. Oct 19

    Why Chasing Maximum Returns Can Cut Your Money in Half | Portus Perspectives

    You want maximum returns on your money. But what is that money actually for? ➡️ Not sure if your portfolio is set up for the right goals?  https://portusadvisors.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep58 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William tackles one of the most common requests he hears from clients and prospective clients... "I want maximum returns on my money." His response is always the same: "Maybe, but why?" The client's answer is almost always some version of wanting to win, wanting to see money grow, wanting to participate in the market. And that is a completely understandable answer.  Nobody saves money to watch it sit still. But here's the problem with maximum returns as a strategy. From the end of September 2007 to March 9th, 2009, the S&P 500 lost 52%. The Nasdaq lost more.  Emerging markets lost more.  If you'd $100 invested at the peak chasing maximum returns, you walked away with 48 cents on the dollar at the bottom. Now imagine that money was set aside to buy a second home, to acquire a new business, to send your kids to college, or to purchase a commercial building.  You thought you had a dollar to spend on that goal.  You now have 48 cents. That's what maximum returns looks like when the timing is wrong. The right question isn't how do I maximize returns.  It's what is this money for?  Because the answer to that question determines everything about how it should be invested.  Money you won't touch for 20 years in a Roth IRA can be invested aggressively.  Money you need in one to three years for a specific goal can't afford to lose 50%.  Money being drawn from in retirement cannot be treated the same way as money still accumulating. The goal isn't maximum returns across the board.  It 's the right return for each bucket based on what that money is supposed to do and when you need it to do it. Key Topics Covered: The Maximum Returns Request: Why it is one of the most common things William hears and why his answer is always “maybe.”The 2007 to 2009 Example: What a 52% loss in the S&P 500 actually means for money tied to a specific goal.What Is the Money For: The single most important question to ask before deciding how aggressively to invest.Matching Risk to Timeline: Why a Roth IRA you will not touch for decades deserves a different strategy than money you need in two years.Retirement Portfolio Risk: Why a portfolio being drawn from cannot afford to lose half its value.The Bucket Approach: How to look at your accounts in totality and assign the right philosophy to each one.If you've never stopped to ask what your money is actually supposed to do and why, this episode is your reminder that now is exactly the right time to have that conversation. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: Why Chasing Maximum Returns Can Cut Your Money in Half | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on October 15, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 58 00:00 The Maximum Returns Request and Why the Answer Is Always Maybe  00:30 What Maximum Returns Actually Means in Practice  01:00 The 2007 to 2009 Lesson Nobody Wants to Learn the Hard Way  01:30 What Happens When Goal Money Loses 50 Percent  02:00 What Is the Money Actually For  02:30 Matching Risk to Timeline and Goals  03:00 The Bucket Approach to Portfolio Strategy  03:30 What Your Money Is Supposed to Do and Why #Investing #WealthManagement #FinancialPlanning #MaximumReturns #BusinessOwner #RetirementPlanning #PortfoliStrategy #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #PersonalFinance #StockMarket #RiskManagement #FinancialGoals #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship

  6. Oct 16

    Why Protecting Margin Might Be Costing You Millions at Exit | Portus Perspectives

    You’ve been told to protect margin at all costs. What if that advice is actually leaving millions on the table when you sell? ➡️ Want to know what your business is actually worth and how to increase it?  https://portusadvisors.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep57 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William shares a lunch meeting that stopped him in his tracks. A founder in the trades business who grew his company from $12.5 million to $50 million in revenue over three years with margin intact the entire way. By any measure, an extraordinary achievement. But during that lunch, the phone rang. Twice. And both times the founder stepped away to answer project management questions on an active job site. No COO. No project managers to absorb those calls. Just the founder, still grinding it out at the center of everything, pulling a $50 million business forward through sheer force of will. William walked him through a simple piece of math that reframes the entire margin conversation. Take a business doing $10 million in net profit trading at a four times multiple. That is a $40 million business. Now invest $1 million into a COO and a layer of project management. Net profit drops to $9 million. But the business now runs without the founder in every conversation. The multiple moves from four to five. Nine times five is $45 million. Push that multiple to six and you are at $54 million. A $14 million increase in business value on a $1 million investment, even with lower net income. Margin matters. But multiple is what determines what you actually walk away with at the closing table. And the fastest way to move your multiple is to build a business that does not need you to answer the phone. Key Topics Covered: The $12.5M to $50M Story: Explosive growth in the trades with margin intact but no executive team in place.The Phone Call Problem: Why a founder still answering project management calls is a valuation problem.The Margin vs Multiple Math: A simple example showing how a $1M investment can create $14M in exit value.Why You Are Not Publicly Traded: Why a quarter or two of compressed margin is worth the long term gain.Building the Team Around You: What it actually takes to stop being the bottleneck in a fast growing business.Reinvest to Increase Value: Why the path to a higher multiple runs through your org chart, not your P&L.If you have been running hard to protect margin without thinking about what your multiple could be, this episode will change how you look at every hiring decision you make from here on out. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: Why Protecting Margin Might Be Costing You Millions at Exit | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on [RECORDING DATE]  Portus Perspectives: Episode 57 00:00 The $12.5M to $50M Growth Story  00:30 The Problem With Answering Project Management Calls at Lunch  01:00 Why No COO Is a Valuation Problem  02:00 The Margin vs Multiple Math Explained  03:00 How a $1M Investment Can Create $14M in Exit Value  03:30 Why Compressed Margin for a Quarter Is Worth It  04:00 Reinvest in Your Team to Increase Your Multiple  04:30 Margin Is Important But So Is Multiple #BusinessExit #ExitStrategy #BusinessValuation #Margin #Multiple #BusinessOwner #Entrepreneurship #WealthManagement #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #TradesBusiness #COO #BusinessGrowth #SuccessionPlanning

  7. Oct 12

    What Rising Interest Rates Mean for Your Business and How to Plan for It | Portus Perspectives

    Most business owners feel the impact of rising interest rates but aren’t sure what to do about it. Here’s the clear headed framework you need before something is on fire. ➡️ Have questions about how the current rate environment affects your business?  https://portusadvisors.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=portus-perspectives-ep56 In this installment of the Portus Perspectives series, William breaks down what rising interest rates actually mean for business owners and, more importantly, what you should be doing about it right now while you still have a clear head. The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate. Maximum employment and low inflation. It is a difficult mandate to get right, and history shows they rarely nail it perfectly. When they raise rates to slow inflation, they risk slowing the economy too much. And when that happens, recession follows. For business owners, the immediate impact is straightforward. Borrowing costs go up. Whether you are buying a building, acquiring a business, or financing an expansion, the cost of that capital just got more expensive. And notably, the 10-year Treasury moved ahead of the Fed, rising from around 4% earlier this year to 5.25% before the Fed made a single move. The private market saw it coming six months early. So what do you do? First, think about your debt structure. What's coming due for refinancing in the next 6 to 24 months? That debt is about to get more expensive and you need to plan for it now.  Second, think about the investments you are considering. A higher borrowing cost does not necessarily mean you stop, especially on long-term decisions where you can reasonably expect to refinance at a lower rate down the road. But it does mean you need to be more intentional about which moves to make and which ones to hold off on. Third, and this is the one most business owners skip, start budgeting for recessionary scenarios. Not because a recession is certain, but because planning for a 5%, 10%, or 15% revenue decline with a clear head now is infinitely better than making those decisions reactively when something is actually on fire. Key Topics Covered: The Fed’s Dual Mandate: Why maximum employment and low inflation are harder to balance than they sound.How Rising Rates Hit Business Owners: Borrowing costs, the 10-year Treasury, and what moved before the Fed did.Short Term vs Long Term Borrowing Decisions: When it still makes sense to borrow even in a high rate environment.Your Debt Structure: What's coming due and what that means for your cost of capital over the next 24 months.Recessionary Scenario Planning: Why budgeting for revenue declines now protects you later.The Clear Head Advantage: Why the time to plan for adversity is before it arrives, not after.If you're heading into budget season and haven't thought through what a higher rate environment means for your business, this episode is your starting point. ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S): William Bissett: What Rising Interest Rates Mean for Your Business and How to Plan for It | Portus Perspectives  Originally Recorded on October 9, 2026  Portus Perspectives: Episode 56 00:00 Why the Fed Raises Interest Rates and What It Costs You  00:30 The Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate Explained  01:00 How Rising Rates Slow the Economy and Trigger Recessions  02:00 What Higher Borrowing Costs Mean for Business Owners  02:30 Why the 10-Year Treasury Moved Before the Fed Did  03:00 Short Term vs Long Term Borrowing Decisions  03:30 Planning for Recessionary Scenarios Before They Arrive  04:30 Your Debt Structure and What to Review Now  05:00 Budget Planning for 2027 in a Rising Rate Environment #InterestRates #FederalReserve #BusinessOwner #WealthManagement #FinancialPlanning #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness #Recession #BusinessStrategy #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #DebtStrategy #BudgetPlanning #BusinessGrowth #EconomicOutlook

  8. Oct 5

    Why 80% of Businesses That Go to Market Fail to Sell | Portus Perspectives

    80% of businesses that go to market fail to sell. That's a sobering statistic. And William is the first to admit he doesn't know exactly how much to trust it. But he believes it is directionally accurate.  And more importantly, he knows exactly why it happens. Most business owners are exceptional at their craft. They start a business around what they do well, build a customer base, hire people to help them do more, and create a cash flowing machine that funds a lifestyle they never imagined when they started. That's a genuine success story. But here's the problem. If the business owner is the governor on that engine, the restrictor plate that everything runs through, then the cash flow they've built is tied to them being there. And when a buyer comes in to do due diligence, that's exactly what they are trying to figure out. Not just what the business cash flows today. But what it'll cash flow for them.  Without you. That question, "what is the transferability of this business?" separates the businesses that sell from the 80% that don't. A buyer isn't purchasing your past. They're purchasing their future. And if your presence is what makes the business work, that future looks a lot riskier than the price tag suggests. The good news is that solving the transferability problem also solves something else entirely. A business that doesn't need you to operate doesn't just become more sellable... it keeps cash flowing for you whether you're there or not. That's the goal worth building toward regardless of whether a sale is on the horizon. William closes with a question worth sitting with honestly. "If you walked away from your business today, would it continue to operate in the same form and fashion it did yesterday?" If the answer is no, that's not just an operations problem. It's a future wealth problem. Key Topics Covered: The 80% Statistic: Why most businesses that go to market fail to sell and what drives that number.The Craftsman Trap: How building a business around your own skills creates a cash flow ceiling.The Governor Problem: Why being the restrictor plate on your own business hurts transferability.What Buyers Are Actually Buying: Why a buyer's purchasing their future, not your past.Transferability vs Cash Flow: Why a business that cash flows for you may not cash flow for the next owner.The Question Worth Asking: If you walked away today, would the business survive without you?If you've been building a business for years and have never asked yourself that closing question, this episode will make you think about it very differently. ➡️ Portus Home Page:  https://portusadvisors.com? ➡️ Portus Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572848737086 ➡️ Portus LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portus-wealth-advisors/ ➡️ More Portus Perspectives: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVTaW63KqYSZ95HuYkvGAAwr1z4Br7Ol&si=7_qZ6fOTmfRWHDUp ORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S):  William Bissett: Why 80% of Businesses That Go to Market Fail to Sell | Portus Perspectives Originally Recorded on October 3, 2026 Portus Perspectives: Episode 55 #BusinessExit #ExitStrategy #SellYourBusiness #BusinessOwner #Entrepreneurship #WealthManagement #BusinessValuation #Transferability #PortusPerspectives #PortusWealth #SmallBusiness #SuccessionPlanning #BusinessGrowth #FinancialPlanning #BusinessSale

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