On the cover: There are a lot of opportunities for growth overseas, but small businesses don’t always have the resources to know how to get there. There exist private and public sector organizations ready to support those efforts from beginning to end. • Exit planning: Figure out if an internal ownership transition might be the answer for your business • Franchising: Get your company ready for growth through franchising in five steps • Human resources: Defeat the great resignation and become a place where people want to join rather than leave • Mergers & acquisitions: Employee retention, dealing with supply chain issues and explaining your COVID recovery top seller to-do lists in the pandemic era • Catching Up: Former Minimizer CEO Craig Kruckeberg has moved on to turning around Stinar Corp., a manufacturer of ground support equipment for the aviation industry acquired out of bankruptcy in 2017