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Spotlighting Excellence: KRP's 2025 Student Scholarships

Meet the recipients of the inaugural KRP Rising Stars in Accounting Scholarship and the KRP Indigenous Award in Business at the University of Alberta. KRP also funds scholarship programs at NAIT and MacEwan University.

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Video podcast

Are You Ready?

Hosted by Neil Cockburn, KRP's Director of Family Enterprise Advisory Services, Are You Ready? is a video podcast on succession, business exits, and estate planning, produced in Edmonton.

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Why Estate Planning Cannot Wait

Neil Cockburn and Megan Harris on wills, probate in Alberta, and the problems that arise when estate planning is delayed or incomplete.

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Fractional CFOs: Strategic Leadership for Family Enterprises

When your business needs more financial leadership but not a full-time CFO: acquisitions, financing, governance, and succession.

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Navigating Risk, Readiness, and Reality in Due Diligence

What owners underestimate once a deal enters due diligence: quality of earnings, confidentiality, deal fatigue, and valuation expectations.

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How an Advisor Can Assist in a Business Exit (Part 2)

Gerry Robitaille of Assurgo Enterprises returns on what actually happens once a sale is in motion, and why exits are emotional as well as financial.

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How an Advisor Can Assist in a Business Exit (Part 1)

Gerry Robitaille on what buyers look for and why some exits outperform others: value is built over time, not at the moment of sale.

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Family Business Transfer to the Next Generation

Don Humphreys on 31 years leading his family's Edmonton dealership, family governance, and separating family relationships from business decisions.

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Employee Ownership, Succession and Leadership Readiness

John Stevens of Camilla Advisory Group on employee share ownership plans, and why the best buyer for your business may already work inside it.

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Business Exit Planning and Exit Readiness

Brad Gaulin and KRP's Neha Desilets on why a successful exit depends on years of preparation: leadership, systems, and knowing your after-tax value.

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End of Life Planning, Mortality and Readiness

The series premiere with Greg Barnsdale, certified financial planner and licensed funeral director, on wills and preparing for the inevitable.

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