Sell your business when you choose, to a buyer you choose.
Plain guides for owners of established small businesses who are thinking about a sale: what buyers look for, how a sale actually works, and what to prepare years before you list.
01 · Your own work
Which decisions still wait for you?
02 · The team
Who decides when you are not there?
03 · Your customers
What if your biggest customer left?
04 · The books
Can a buyer follow a sale to the bank?
05 · Working capital
What has to stay in the business on closing day?
06 · Relationships
Who do customers call when something goes wrong?
07 · The handover
What would a new owner still have to learn from you?
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Read what a buyer will check, fix what you can, and sell when you choose.
Nick Bryant, editor. We don’t value businesses or make offers.
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Sell when you choose, not when you have to.
Start with the seven checks. Some take years to fix, which is the reason to look now.
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