Stuart Sorkin is the co-author of Expensive Mistakes When Buying & selling Companies and founder of Business and Legal Advisors, a consulting firm specializing in the financial and legal protection of business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs throughout the United States and overseas at every stage of their business life cycle. Mr. Sorkin works with startups and small to mid-size business owners to integrate their personal financial and estate planning goals with the development and implementation of growth and/or succession or exit strategy for their business. As a former entrepreneur, CPA, and attorney with more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Sorkin has a unique set of capabilities to assist a business owner with the challenges of growing and/or exiting a business. Mr. Sorkin works with clients on all forms of transactional legal work, including, choice and formation of business entities, raising of capital and financing, mergers and acquisition, real estate acquisition and development, incentive compensation, federal and state income tax planning, succession and retirement planning, estate planning and asset protection, including, trusts, family and charitable gifting strategies and family partnerships. Mr. Sorkin has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, USA Today, Money Magazine and BankRate.com on a wide range of tax matters, and is a frequent lecturer on exit strategies, estate planning and asset protection to various professional and small business organizations and associations. If you are a business owner seeking consultation, or would like to schedule Mr. Sorkin to speak to your organization or association, feel free to visit www.BusinessAndLegalAdvisors.com for more information. Dick Stieglitz's books are based on over 30 years experience in helping executives achieve their organizational and personal goals through effective leadership conversations. He founded, built and sold a company that helped government leaders change how their agencies did business. Dick earned a PhD in Nuclear Engineering at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, and served ten years refueling submarines as a naval officer. He is an avid scuba diver and New York Yankees fan! Learn more about Dick at www.dickstieglitz.com.