On June 4, 2013, Wayne Zell spoke to a packed house (over 60 attendees!) at Ted’s Diner in Rockville, Maryland, on the subject of business succession planning. Lessons learned: start planning at the beginning of the business; business succession planning is necessary for everyone who owns a business, no matter how small; and, advanced business succession planning, including the use of sophisticated tax and estate planning techniques, are useful for rapidly growing businesses.