Janie Budnick
Janie Budnick founded 4-Legged Kids®, Inc in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1997. 4-Legged Kids provides dog walking and pet sitting services as St. Louis’ largest staffed in-home pet care service. 4-Legged Kids exists to maintain and support the connection between pets and people because Life With Pets is Life Well Lived®. The Company’s mission combines love for the amazing pets and families of St. Louis with the social responsibility necessary to provide for those homeless animals not as fortunate. Their One-for-One business model provides a meal to a local homeless pet for every service provided. Her expertise in the industry has led her to develop online education and strategic planning courses for other pet business owners. You can find her most easily on the PetBizHIVE podcast and can take a deep dive into your business with her in the PetBizMBA® business accelerator membership.
About her session:
Begin With the End: Exit Planning for Your Pet Business
Statistics show that 50% of business owners have to exit their businesses due to external factors and 70% of those are completely unprepared. What is your exit plan for your pet-care business? In this interactive and actionable session, Janie Budnick will discuss exit planning strategies and share how you can structure your business with your end goal in mind—whether that is selling to an investor/purchaser, selling to a strategic buyer/another pet business, selling it to employees or passing it on to the next generation.
