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How to Prepare Your Business for Exit

Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins
Principal CFO Advisor
June 1, 2026
How to Prepare Your Business for Exit

24 months. Maximum value.

Every year you wait to start exit preparation is a year of value left unrealized. The businesses that sell for 5-8x EBITDA instead of 2-3x spent 24-36 months engineering the conditions that command premium multiples – predictable revenue, documented systems, clean financials, and zero key-person risk.

The Exit Readiness System

To prepare your business for due diligence and command premium valuation from PE firms or strategic buyers, we construct and implement:

1

Clean 3-Year History

Three-year financial history fully cleaned, reconciled, and buyer-ready.

2

EBITDA Normalization

Thorough EBITDA normalization and add-back documentation.

3

Compensation Benchmarking

Owner salary adjustments and professional compensation benchmarking.

4

Customer Diversification

Customer concentration analysis and strategic diversification of channels.

5

Employee Retention structures

Key employee retention structures, employment agreements, and documentation.

6

Full Operational Documentation

Every system and process fully documented to show independent operations.

The time to prepare for exit is before you’re ready to exit. Whether your exit is 2 years away or 10, the systems we build compound in value until that day arrives.

Sarah Jenkins

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