Your books are your valuation.
Get your business ready to sell long before a buyer starts asking questions, so the books hold up and the price holds with them.
Book a free exit readiness call
Confidential. We understand this is sensitive. No commitment.
Buyers don't pay you for your profit.
They pay a multiple of your profit, and only the profit you can prove. Every dollar your records can't substantiate doesn't cost you a dollar at closing. It costs you that dollar times the multiple.
Illustration only. Actual multiples vary by size, channel, growth rate, and market conditions.
Most owners begin six months out. That's roughly two years too late.
| Time before listing | What's still possible |
|---|---|
| 24 months | Everything. Clean up structure, separate personal spending, build a documented earnings history a buyer can't argue with |
| 12 months | Most things. A full clean year of defensible books, add-backs documented as they happen |
| 6 months | Damage control. Reconstruct what can be reconstructed |
| In diligence | Explain and concede |
Every one of these is fixable with lead time.
- Personal expenses run through the business and undocumented. Buyers simply refuse them
- Inventory and cost of goods sold that don't reconcile
- Revenue that can't be traced back to platform settlements
- Sales tax exposure nobody addressed
- Unfiled or amended returns
I'm not ready to sell yet. Is this premature?
The opposite. The earlier you start, the more of the valuation is still recoverable. If you're two years out, this is exactly the right time.
Are you a broker?
No. We handle the accounting and tax side of an exit. You'll want a broker and an attorney for the transaction itself, and we'll work alongside them.
What if I decide not to sell?
You'll have a cleaner, better-documented, more profitable business with numbers you can trust. Nothing here is wasted if the exit never happens.
What does it cost?
The exit readiness assessment is a fixed fee of $2,500, and includes a written gap analysis you can act on with or without us. Ongoing preparation runs alongside monthly bookkeeping from $900/month all in.