SMB Tools / Exit Readiness Check

Is your business ready to sell?

Twelve questions on the things buyers actually scrutinize (your books, your dependence, your revenue, and your paperwork) and the handful of fixes that raise value most before you list.

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How clean and current are your financial records?

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Business Fit Finder

About four minutes of questions about the shape of your day, the hours you refuse, how you would win customers and what you bring, and a reading of which of the 156 business models line up with your answers, with the reasons. A self-assessment, not a recommendation.

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Owner Readiness Check

An honest read on whether you are cut out to own and run a business: your strengths, your gaps, and what to shore up before you leap.

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Startup cost estimator

Build a realistic picture of what it costs to open, by business type, so you know how much capital you need before day one.

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Business valuation calculator

Estimate what a business is worth using the SDE multiples buyers and brokers actually use, and see what drives the number up or down.

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ROI & payback calculator

See how long an investment takes to pay back and the return it earns, for a piece of equipment, a buildout, or a whole acquisition.

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SDE & add-back calculator

Normalize a seller's profit into Seller's Discretionary Earnings (the number buyers and brokers actually value a business on) by adding back owner pay, non-cash charges, and one-offs.

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