Is your business exit-ready, even if you’re not planning to exit?

Running your business like you’re exit-ready isn’t just about preparing for a sale—it’s about building a stronger, more resilient company.

Whether you’re thinking about selling your business or not, there’s incredible value in running it as if an exit is just around the corner.

Why?

Because the discipline of being exit-ready ensures you’ve built a business that’s not just profitable, but also sustainable and scalable.

Here are a few key areas to focus on:

• Financial Hygiene: Keep your financials clean and up-to-date, and ensure your tax lodgements are always current.

• Shareholding Clarity: A clear and organised cap table is crucial, especially if you’ve promised an Employee Share Option Plan.

• Leadership and Incentives: Build a leadership team that’s aligned with short, medium, and long-term goals, with incentives to match.

• Process Documentation: Every function of your business should have documented processes. This ensures consistency and makes your business more resilient.

• Sales and CRM: A well-defined sales process and a clean, organised CRM are essential for driving growth and maintaining customer relationships.

• People Development: Invest in your team with strong development and retention processes. Your people are your greatest asset.

Running your business like you’re exit-ready isn’t just about preparing for a sale—it’s about building a stronger, more resilient company.

The better question isn’t whether you’ll exit, but whether your business is prepared for anything.

✅ Action

What’s one thing you can do in the next 90 days from a Strategy, Structure, People or Process perspective that helps you move one step closer to becoming exit-ready?

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👋 Reach out for a chat if you want to learn how I exited my company and have helped many other exit or become exit-ready. 

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