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What Female Entrepreneurs Should Know About the European SME Succession Crisis
Female entrepreneurs are almost absent from European ETA. WAD Capital's Cohort 2026 is open to women executives ready to acquire and lead a profitable SME.
Why We Replaced ESG With CARE-PROFIT: What Changed and Why It Matters for Your SME
ESG frameworks were built for listed companies. WAD Capital designed CARE-PROFIT for Belgian SMEs facing succession. Here is what changed and why it matters.
Is Your Business Ready for Succession? What the Process Actually Looks Like
Most SME owners start succession planning too late and sell to the wrong buyer. Here is what a structured SME succession process looks like, and how WAD Capital approaches it differently.
Why Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Takes 20 Months? (and How to Cut That in Half)
According to Stanford GSB, the median acquisition takes 20 months. Learn why solo searchers struggle with infrastructure and how WAD Capital’s CEO-in-Residence program accelerates the path to ownership in 9–15 months.
What Makes a Successful CEO-in-Residence at WAD Capital?
WAD Capital selects ~10 CEOs per cohort from 500+ candidates. Learn what separates successful CEOs-in-Residence across the search, acquisition, and leadership phases.
The European Succession Crisis in Numbers: What the Data Actually Shows
690,000 European SMEs face ownership transfers annually. A 3-to-1 successor gap widening since 2012. The European succession crisis in hard numbers, and what it means for the Benelux and beyond.