Sell my business
Prepare the financial story before a buyer decides what it is worth.
Business value depends on believable earnings, transferable operations, normal working capital and a diligence process that does not undermine buyer confidence.
Exit readiness starts before the buyer appears.
How much is my business worth?Understand how maintainable earnings, risk, growth and buyer expectations affect value.Are the earnings defensible?Prepare normalized EBITDA, support adjustments and make the financial record diligence-ready.What could reduce buyer confidence?Identify reporting, working-capital, concentration and owner-dependency issues early.How much value reaches the owner?Coordinate financial preparation with qualified tax and legal advice before transaction structure is fixed.
Value is a range, not a single multiple.
A multiple only becomes meaningful after defining maintainable earnings, necessary working capital, debt-like items, future capital needs and deal terms.
- Normalize earnings with evidence, not optimism.
- Separate business value from cash, debt and transaction adjustments.
- Prepare schedules before buyer diligence begins.
- Model the owner's after-tax outcome with tax professionals.