1. 🗸 Start exit planning before or as soon as you launch your business; every decision should consider potential future saleability.
2. 🗸 Aim for a business model that doesn't require your personal brand for success, making it more attractive to buyers.
3. 🗸 Focus on profit over revenue; businesses making over $100k profit become significantly more appealing to buyers.

Episode Summary:

George Moulos, founder of e-commerce brokers, shares invaluable advice for entrepreneurs contemplating the sale of their business. George emphasizes the importance of early exit planning, advising business owners to make decisions with future saleability in mind. He highlights common pitfalls in making businesses too reliant on personal brands and underscores the critical distinction between revenue and profit in attracting buyers. George's experience in selling marketing agencies illuminates the necessity of preparing businesses for sale by removing personal branding, automating processes, and ensuring financial documentation is in order. His guidance extends to practical steps for making a business more sellable, including the strategic use of earnouts and seller financing in negotiations.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:38 Planning for an Exit

04:44 When to Sell: Profit over Revenue

07:24 Earnouts and Seller Financing in Business Sales

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