Selling Your Business When It’s Your Identity
The following is a recent podcast from Built To Sell by John Warrillow founder of The Sellability Score about a business owner Yvonne Tocquigny who used a professional valuation and competition to raise her sell price by 3 x’s.
Yvonne Tocquigny built her advertising agency up over 35 years working with clients like Jeep and Dell. Then in 2015, she got a call asking if she would consider selling. The problem was that her agency had become part of who she was. Part of why Tocquigny feared selling was that her agency had become part of her identity, which is an issue we deal with when we help clients through The Envelope Test, module 12 in The Value Builder System. To get started, get your Value Builder Score now.
About Yvonne Tocquigny
Yvonne Tocquigny launched her company, Tocquigny (TOH-KEY-KNEE), in 1980. From its inception, it has built a talented team of makers, thinkers and doers—all working within a company culture that complements the uniqueness of Austin. Tocquigny has been named a top agency by Adweek, B2B and Clutch, and Tocquigny herself has become a business trailblazer, a sought-after speaker, a respected writer and a mentor to many.
In 2015, Archer Malmo, a leading brand communications agency based in Memphis, approached Tocquigny. Learning that Archer Malmo shared many of her business’ philosophies and values, and understanding that the combination of the two shops would better serve the agency’s clients, Tocquigny made the bold move to join forces. Despite the company’s change of name, the agency’s work remains the same and, as Chief Creative and Strategy Officer of Archer Malmo, Austin, Tocquigny remains a popular columnist for the Austin Business Journal and is a frequent speaker for groups of CEOs across the country, international Six Sigma organizations and groups of startup entrepreneurs.
Tocquigny is a founding partner of The Capital Factory, an inaugural member of the Advisory Council for the School of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Texas and a member of the Advisory Board for the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. She recently presented at BMA15, the largest B2B marketing conference in the world.
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