The Owner Who Waited Too Long
A composite story of the forced sale: the health event, the key departure, the anchor client loss. Why unplanned exits price at a discount, every time.
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7 posts tagged with "owners-journey"
Are You Ready to Sell? Twelve Questions to Answer Alone First
A quiet self-audit across money, identity, family, team, and timing. No scoring gimmick, just the twelve questions and why every one of them earns its place.
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The Grief Nobody Warns You About
Even good sales produce loss. The predictable arc after closing, relief, drift, second-guessing, rebuilding, told plainly, with what helps at each stage.
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What Will You Do on Monday? The Question Nobody Prepares For
Owners plan the closing and not the morning after. On sabbaticals, consulting, boards, hobbies that don't hold, and why the good answers start pre-sale.
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The Dinner-Table Conversation: Telling Your Family You Might Sell
Spouses carry the business too. Why the conversation at home comes before any conversation with a buyer, and the questions a couple should answer together.
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Are You Selling the Business or Escaping It?
Burnout produces bad deals. How to tell exhaustion from genuine readiness before you negotiate, and what buyers quietly infer when a seller just wants out.
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You Built It. That's Exactly Why Selling Feels Wrong
For most owners the company is the resume, the social circle, and the alarm clock. Naming the identity problem early makes every later decision cleaner.
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