How to Prepare a Business for Sale
The financial, operational, and documentation work that makes a business easier to evaluate and transfer.
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Short answers to the questions that stall a sale.
Quick references rather than essays — what earnings figures actually mean, what diligence looks for, how a seller note is structured, and how confidentiality is staged. Written to be read in the middle of a transaction, not saved for later.
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What makes a business ready to sell?
Buyers do not just evaluate revenue. They look at financial clarity, owner dependence, transferability, customer concentration, and the strength of the growth story.
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A Practical Confidential Sale Workflow
Protect identity while moving qualified buyers through inquiry, NDA, seller consent, and controlled disclosure.
Read guideSelling a Restaurant
Why the lease, the equipment and the permits decide more of the price than last year's sales do.
Read guideSelling a Business Without a Broker
What the fee actually buys, which parts you can do yourself, and the two you should never attempt alone.
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