Your Exit Planning Resource Center

Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness 21 min read

The Loyalty Test - Who Stays After You're Gone?

Learn to distinguish genuine organizational loyalty from founder-dependent relationships and build institutional commitment that survives ownership transition

Dec 26, 2025

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Business Operations 32 min read

Institutionalizing Sales - Building Scalable Processes Beyond the Founder

Transform founder-driven sales into repeatable scalable processes that reduce key person dependency and position your business for stronger buyer interest

Dec 26, 2025

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Cultural Fit and Leadership 20 min read

The Owner's Shadow - How Your Management Style Depresses Business Value

Discover how founder-centric management creates transition risk that buyers quantify as valuation discounts and learn to build organizational independence

Dec 22, 2025

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Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness 23 min read

The Customer Who Only Talks to You - Why Founder-Dependent Relationships Threaten Deals

Learn how to convert founder-dependent customer relationships into institutional ones before exit to protect deal value and ensure successful transactions

Dec 22, 2025

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Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness 25 min read

Your Secret Sauce Might Be More You Than You Think - Distinguishing Real Competitive Advantage from Founder Dependency

Learn to assess whether your business advantages are truly transferable assets or founder-dependent capabilities that affect exit outcomes

Dec 21, 2025

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