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Nabity on Business

At Nabity Business Advisors, we help business owners handle the “big picture” issues so they can stay focused on building for the future. Learn more at Nabity.com.

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22. Legacy, Land, and Next Gen: A Practical Guide for...

Nabity on Business ·

2026/04/16

If your family operates a farm and the next generation wants to stay in the business while non-farming siblings see the land’s value and potential windfalls, this episode is essential. Dave walks through a practical, step-by-step approach to aligning family priorities, building a sustainable economic model for the operation, and designing a succession plan that preserves the farm across generations without tearing the family apart. You’ll learn: How to map out the family dynamic and understan...

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44:50

21. Dirt, Debt, and Faith: The Unfiltered Truth About...

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2026/04/02

What does it actually cost to feed the world and who is bearing that risk? Most people drive past fields without a second thought. But behind every pivot irrigator and tractor cab is a business owner managing millions in equipment debt, unpredictable weather, volatile commodity markets, and a global supply chain that makes American farmers their own worst competitors. In this episode, Dave sits down with Cale Carlson, a fourth generation irrigated farmer from central Nebraska, to pull back th...

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12:41

20. The Incentive Strategy Most Business Owners Never...

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2026/03/20

What do you do when your best people help build the company… but the shares stay in the family? Every successful family business runs into this tension at some point. Your leadership team drives growth, carries responsibility, and attracts attention from competitors. They deserve a path to build wealth alongside the company. At the same time, handing out equity can fracture ownership or complicate succession. That tension led to one of the more clever tools in executive compensation: phantom ...

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42:04

19. Inside Estate Planning for $10M+ Families with...

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2026/03/05

You can build a serious company, stack real wealth, and still get tripped up by basic legal structure. Dave sits down with Zach Petersen of Dvorak Law Group to walk through the mistakes they keep seeing in high-net-worth estate plans. Rental properties with no LLC protection. Revocable trusts that were never funded. Valuations that won’t survive an audit. Gifting strategies that quietly invite a 40 percent estate tax problem. If you own a business and your estate is north of eight figures, th...

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23:03

18. Dad: Treating All Kids the Same Can Destroy The...

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2026/02/19

Running a family business comes with pride, pressure, and a whole lot of emotion. When parents try to show love by treating every child the same inside the company, the results can stack up into resentment, dysfunction, and eventually full-blown family fallout. In this episode, Dave walks through a painfully familiar scenario using a fictional family business and shows how good intentions around fairness, payroll, and ownership can unravel everything once mom and dad step away. The lesson is ...

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17:31

17. Why Most Buyouts Look Fine on Paper and Fail in...

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2026/02/05

When a founder steps away from a family business, the real question usually isn’t who takes over. It’s whether the buyout itself can carry everyone where they need to go. Retirement income, company cash flow, taxes, and human behavior all start pulling on the same rope, and if the math is off, someone feels it fast. Usually the kids. Sometimes the parents. Occasionally both. In this episode, Dave Nabity walks through the mechanics behind a family business buyout and why “good intentions” don’...

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40:24

16. The Big Beautiful Bill: What Business Owners Need...

Nabity on Business ·

2026/01/22

Doug Morris is a CPA who lives in the weeds so you don’t have to, and he joins Dave to talk through the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in plain English, with the kind of examples business owners actually care about. They get into what stayed in place from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, why the estate tax exemption jumping to $15M per spouse changes planning conversations, and how quickly things can get expensive when a business makes up most of the estate. Key takeaways: Estate tax exemption changes an...

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13:27

15. Don’t Get Bamboozled By “Family Office”...

Nabity on Business ·

2026/01/08

Some meetings remind you that true collaboration isn’t a myth after all, and then others make you wonder how certain professionals keep their licenses. Dave walks through both extremes in this episode, pulling back the curtain on what actually happens when CPAs, attorneys, advisors, and insurance agents gather around the table. From the rare moments when everyone shows up prepared and humble, to the far more common scenes where egos, sales pitches, and unread documents derail the entire plan,...

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18:55

14. The Tough Calls Parents Face in Family Succession

Nabity on Business ·

2025/12/25

Parents want their children to thrive, especially inside the family business, but sometimes the role they hope their child will grow into doesn’t match who that child actually is. In this episode, Dave shares the patterns he sees when families try to force the wrong fit, and how quickly that can strain both the company and the relationships that hold it together. He walks through temperament, wiring, strengths, and the stories behind tough decisions parents often face, all with a tone that ke...

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13. Leasing vs Owning: The Wealth Move Nobody Talks...

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2025/12/11

Business owners reach a moment where paying someone else’s rent stops making sense and owning starts to look like a path to long-term wealth. Dave sits down with his son, Graham Nabity from CBRE, for a grounded, no-nonsense conversation about how business owners should think about buying, leasing, building, or expanding their space. They get into what the market looks like today, why industrial vacancies are basically nonexistent, and the factors that determine whether a purchase become...

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12. The Questions Business Owners Pretend They Don’t...

Nabity on Business ·

2025/11/27

Every owner has that one thing that keeps poking at them. Sometimes it’s the business. Sometimes it’s the people. Sometimes it’s the “I’m-trying-to-sleep-but-my-brain-won’t-get-quiet”. In this episode of Nabity on Business, Dave pulls out the itch list he’s seen across decades of helping owners plan their exits, calm the drama, and get their companies aligned for the next chapter. If you’re wondering how to sell, who to sell to, how to value the thing you built, how to deal with your kids fig...

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10:36

11. The Right Order for Your Business Planning

Nabity on Business ·

2025/11/13

Before you call your attorney or start drafting trusts, there’s one crucial question to answer: “What’s the right order to plan your company’s future?” In this episode, Dave breaks down why every business owner should start with succession planning, not estate planning or management incentives. He explains how the structure of your succession plan sets the foundation for gifting, taxes, family fairness, and how to protect your company’s cash flow through the transition. Key topics: Succession...

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16:06

10. Do You Own a Cow? The Smart Way to Pay Estate Taxes

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2025/10/30

When you’ve spent decades building a business, it becomes the cow that feeds everything else. But what happens when the IRS shows up, and estate taxes threaten to take 40% of what you’ve built? In this episode, Dave breaks down how to protect your family business from being sold off to pay estate taxes, using one of his trademark analogies: the cow, the milk, and the rat hole. With a few bad dad jokes and a practical approach, Dave explains how life insurance trusts and informal underwriting ...

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23:53

9. What to Do with the Money: Smarter Cash Strategies...

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2025/10/16

What should a business owner do with the money sitting on the balance sheet—or the proceeds after selling the company? That’s what Dave Nabity discusses with his longtime business partner, Randy Jensen of Nabity-Jensen Investment Management. They talk through how to keep corporate cash working without taking unnecessary risks, what to consider when building bond ladders, and how ESOPs can help owners transition while rewarding employees. From timing and taxes to diversification and discipline...

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30:44

8. What’s Your Business Really Worth? with Greg Harr

Nabity on Business ·

2025/10/03

What’s your business really worth? That’s the question Dave Nabity explores with Gregory Harr, CPA, Accredited Business Valuator, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor. The conversation gets into how buyers actually judge value, why family dynamics complicate transitions, and the financial planning steps that can protect both the company and the legacy behind it. Gregory brings years of experience helping owners prepare for sales and successions. He shares why waiting for a health scare or life...

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33:00

7. Profits Don’t Lie: Finding the Hidden Problems in...

Nabity on Business ·

2025/09/18

Every business owner wants to see more profit, but the real problems aren’t always obvious. Dave Nabity and Andy Wolfe share what they’ve seen inside family-run companies, from messy systems and siloed departments to the wrong people stuck in the wrong jobs. When you strip away the excuses and look at what’s really happening, that’s when the path forward gets clear. For family businesses, profit has everything to do with whether the next generation can keep things going. When Gen 2 is steppin...

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18:46

6. How to Make Sure Your Kids Are Right for Running...

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2025/09/04

Passing a company down to your kids can be one of the most rewarding—and most dangerous—decisions you make. In this episode, Dave Nabity walks through the tough questions every family business needs to face. Who’s truly earned the right to lead? What standards are parents holding their kids to? Are the next leaders respected inside and outside the company? Dave shares the tools and conversations he uses with families to cut through entitlement and get to the heart of succession. The goal isn’...

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17:05

5. How to Make Sure Your Best Employees Want to Stay

Nabity on Business ·

2025/08/21

If you have built a great business, you probably have even greater people working with you, and competitors might want to steal them right away. It’s what it takes to employ talented folks. In this episode of Nabity on Business, Dave breaks down four strategies for executive retention that give your A-team real incentives to think twice before jumping ship. Here’s a spoiler: it’s not all about money. Key takeaways: Salaries are not enough to keep your best managers aroundPhantom stocks are th...

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18:06

4. Estate Planning and Why Entitled Kids Shouldn’t...

Nabity on Business ·

2025/08/07

Welcome to one of the few estate planning talks that’s not going to put you to sleep. In this episode of Nabity on Business, Dave is again jumping into the chaos of family-run businesses, but this time with a focus on estate planning and how it can add even more fuel to the fire. Spoiler alert: it’s way more than paperwork and asset splits. You’ll hear about how passing your business to the wrong person can be the end of what you have built, and why a spoiled kid, who remotes into work...

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3. Is Your Kid Ready to Be CEO? Dr. Kim Hoogeveen...

Nabity on Business ·

2025/07/24

Some parents see potential, but most of them see what they want to see. On this episode of Nabity on Business, Dave Nabity talks with Kim Hoogeveen, founder of BetterCulture, about what really matters when you're handing over your business—especially when family is involved. They get into how to spot whether your team (or your kids) are actually ready for leadership, and why too many business owners wait too long to make the hard calls. A conversation that’s not about theory, but about what h...

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