Preparing a Founder-Led Business for a Sale
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The decisions that shape a sale process are often made years before the business goes to market.
Selling a business is rarely a decision made in isolation. For a founder, the process often begins long before any advisor is engaged — in the years of decisions that shape how the business looks to a buyer.
Clean financials, a defensible market position, and a management team that can operate beyond the founder are the foundations a buyer evaluates first. Gaps in any of these become the basis for price adjustments or, worse, for a process that never gains traction.
A well-prepared business gives an advisor room to create competitive tension. A poorly prepared one constrains every decision that follows. The most consequential work often happens before the process begins.
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