BMC Associates help business partners and owners of family and non-family businesses deal with conflict and build collaboration.

The Partnership Charter
Mediation
Business Succession Plans
Collaborative Estate Planning
Other Services

The Partnership Charter
Start partnerships out on a solid foundation of comprehensive agreements.
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Mediation
Resolve conflicts among business owners and principals through facilitated negotiations.
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Business Succession Plans
Successfully transferring leadership in business and family to the next generation.
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Collaborative Estate Planning
Families planning together to preserve and build a legacy.
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Other Services
Enhance productivity, strengthen relationships and enhance teamwork.
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The Partnership charter

Millions of people co-own closely held companies, family businesses, and business partnerships, but establishing them and keeping them together is never easy. Here, finally, is the guide they have been waiting for.... Read More

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BMC Associates helps business partners and owners of family and non-family businesses deal with conflict and build collaboration. BMC’s interdisciplinary and non-adversarial approach helps strengthen working teams’ overall business and interpersonal performance.

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Recent News & Updates

Celebration of Young Presidents’ Organization’s “Best of the Best” Education Award

April 3, 2013

Stewart Christ is congratulated by Chuck Davis, 2012-2013
International Chairman of YPO

BMC is pleased to announce that the Washington DC & Baltimore Chapter of WPO, YPO’s graduate group, was awarded the WPO Best Large Chapter Education award for their program entitled “Come Together.” BMC is proud to have had a small hand in making it successful!

As recognized on YPO’s member-exclusive website, “it takes tremendous personal passion to deliver an outstanding education program or special event…with a combination of innovative programs, risk-taking vision, total attention to detail and a deep belief in the potential of YPO-WPO to transform lives…”

Stewart Christ was the WPO Education Chair during this award-winning year.

Partners and Equity: Introducing a Comprehensive Method for Discussing the Division of Ownership

March 12, 2013

Posting by Ed Kopf, Ph.D., Principal at BMC Associates

“Can you help us agree on our equity split? We’ve hit a brick wall trying to work that out.” As a mediator and consultant serving business partners and family business owners, this is a question – almost a plea – that I often hear. Entrepreneurs (fully confident in their business abilities and vision as they start a new venture or revamp an existing one) are suddenly caught up short when they have to negotiate with each other over ownership.

Business Partners & Fiduciary Obligations

February 15, 2013

Posting by Stewart Christ, MBA, Principal at BMC Associates

Not surprisingly, money lies at the heart of many of the business partner conflicts that arrive on BMC Associates’ doorstep. Some of those conflicts are simply about who deserves how much of the profits. Others are more complicated and relate to the fiduciary obligations of the partners. Many partners are unaware of their fiduciary obligations.

New Publication: How To: Create Strategic Partnerships

January 5, 2013

When the very popular Success Magazine wanted to give their readers the best possible advice on how to create strategic partnerships, they interviewed BMC’s Co-Founder David Gage. After citing evidence of the advantages of having partners, they caution would-be partners: “But creating effective alliances is not always so easy. Partnerships gone wrong can lead to frustration, financial losses and even litigation, says David Gage, co-founder of business mediation firm BMC Associates, and author of The Partnership Charter: How To Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (or Fix The One You’re In)….”

Read How To: Create Strategic Partnerships and visit Success.