CEO Weekly Outlook

Here’s a great way to start the week: See if you’ll still have a job in a few years! The BBC has provided a handy search tool to see which jobs are most likely to be automated within the next two decades. Good news: It’s “highly unlikely” CEOs will be replaced.

Meanwhile, Forbes emphasizes the importance of estate planning for family business owners. Most estate plans have a short shelf life, so make sure you’re updating them frequently.

Business Insights

• These jobs will be taken over by robots first
• We need a U.S. Department of Talent
• How to manage former peers
• Encourage employees to break for lunch
• Why we have so many meetings
• This CEO asks job candidates for bad references
• You can never hire the right people too early
• 6 entrepreneurship tips from family businesses

Transaction Toolbox

• Why family business owners should update their estate plans
• The time for succession planning is now
• Three different ways to value your business
• Does dishonesty work when negotiating?
• Wall Street is worried M&A is slowing down
• 10 factors that may affect your company valuation
• The 6 types of buyers for your business

Featured Forum Articles

• Here’s a breakdown of types of growth capital
• Consider funding your business with debt
• Your kid might not be the best CEO for the family business

Middle Market Move of the Week

Sunlight Financial, a residential solar market financing provider, is seeing the light this week after raising $80 million in funding. The investors were Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Hudson Clean Energy Partners.