Thursday, August 13, 2026

Protecting What You’ve Built: The Hidden Risks Every Business Leader Should Understand

About our Protecting What You’ve Built: The Hidden Risks Every Business Leader Should Understand

4:00 pm
, CST

Most business owners don’t have a revenue problem. They have a structure problem.

Aaron Scott Young, Chairman and CEO of Laughlin Associates, has spent more than three decades helping entrepreneurs build companies — and the last thirty years watching successful owners make the same costly mistake: they build income without protection, growth without stability, businesses without real ownership. An entrepreneur since 1983, Young has bought, sold, and restructured companies across multiple industries and co-authored the bestselling Unshackled: The 7 Levels of Business Excellence.

In this Executive Boardroom session, Young breaks down the legal, financial, and operational gaps that leave even thriving companies exposed — and the structural moves that close them.

You’ll leave with:

  • The overlooked assumptions that expose businesses to unnecessary risk
  • Why the right legal and organizational structure is a strategic asset, not a compliance checkbox
  • How proactive planning strengthens asset protection, business continuity, and long-term enterprise value
  • A practical framework for evaluating your own business foundation
  • Questions worth raising with your legal, financial, and business advisors

Young will be signing copies of Unshackled following the session.