VEER Recaps Business Transitions of 2021
2021 was a year to remember and a year to forget (perhaps with the help of a good therapist!). Those of us not directly impacted by heat domes, wildfires and floods consider ourselves extremely fortunate. For those who were, we send our tangible and intangible support, and are blown away by your positive spirit and resiliency. To add insult to injury, COVID hung over all of us like a fog in 2021, seemingly clearing at times only to be swept back in, leaving us straining for visibility and perspective. Through it all, our sense of community remained an even more powerful force. Strangers helped strangers. Families helped families. Like everyone else, we feel somewhat battered and fatigued by what has been thrown at us the last two years, but overwhelmingly encouraged by the people who have clung together through all the challenges.
The greatest privilege of our business is the opportunity to meet business owners and their families, partners and advisors. We get to hear their stories – how they started their businesses, the challenges they overcame, the lessons they learned, and the objectives they value for the next chapter of their lives. The stories below feature entrepreneurs that took chances, made sacrifices, faced hardships and built legacies for their families and employees. To play a part in their business transitions is an honour we take very seriously.
To all our clients, partners, contacts and friends, we wish you the very best of the holiday season, and a safe, healthy and happy 2022.
Here’s a look back at some of the success stories we were honoured to help facilitate: