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  "id": 1746608,
  "title": "Succession Planning Starts With Knowing When To Step Back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/succession-planning-starts-with-knowing-when-to-step-back",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T16:14:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2026/08/18/succession-planning-starts-with-knowing-when-to-step-back/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every entrepreneur eventually faces the question of when to step back. Setting a personal benchmark, not just a business one, can make that decision clearer and pave the path to successful succession planning.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}