Second Wind has worked with, talked to, and advised agencies for decades. In that time, one pattern has repeated itself regardless of agency size, style, or market: a consistent lack ...

Succession planning is a bit like a lonely-hearts ad. We've seen many buy/sell/merge/retire deals with agency principals over some 35 years. Most of these deals are ...

Recently, we worked with an agency president on his retirement. He had several really good employees who expressed an interest in keeping the agency going after the owner retired. The ...