How we work
A clear exit process, from evaluation to a signed deal.
Most founders only find out what is wrong with their business once a buyer is already looking at it. Our process is built to catch it long before that, and to walk with you through every stage until the sale is done.
Seven steps
Enter wherever your business actually is today.
The process
From first check to closing day.
Every stage builds on the last, and each one exists because we have watched a deal lose value without it.
Every stage builds on the last, and each one exists because we have watched a deal lose value without it.
01
Get Your Exit Score
Know Your Exit Value
We start with a free, instant check. Answer a few questions about your business and get a score out of 100, plus a rough sense of where your valuation stands today, based on the same things a buyer would look at first: financials, growth, customer concentration, and how dependent the business is on you. You get a starting point, in a couple of minutes, before you have spent anything or talked to anyone.
01
Get Your Exit Score
We start with a free, instant check. Answer a few questions about your business and get a score out of 100, plus a rough sense of where your valuation stands today, based on the same things a buyer would look at first: financials, growth, customer concentration, and how dependent the business is on you. You get a starting point, in a couple of minutes, before you have spent anything or talked to anyone.
02
Exit Readiness Consultation Call
Map Your Exit
A short call with one of our advisors. We talk through your timeline, what is driving the decision to exit, your desired exit value, and roughly where your business stands. This is also where we are straight with you about whether you are ready to go to market now, or whether there is preparation work worth doing first. An honest read on your timing, from someone who has valued businesses like yours.
02
Exit Readiness Consultation Call
A short call with one of our advisors. We talk through your timeline, what is driving the decision to exit, your desired exit value, and roughly where your business stands. This is also where we are straight with you about whether you are ready to go to market now, or whether there is preparation work worth doing first. An honest read on your timing, from someone who has valued businesses like yours.
03
Exit Assessment
Find Your Value Gaps
This is where we go deep. Our team reviews your business the way a buyer's due diligence team would: margins, customer concentration, founder dependency, and everything else that actually moves your price. Every result is checked by someone on our team before it reaches you, then walked through with you live, so you understand exactly where the number comes from. You get a defensible valuation and a clear list of what is holding it down, not a guess.
03
Exit Assessment
This is where we go deep. Our team reviews your business the way a buyer's due diligence team would: margins, customer concentration, founder dependency, and everything else that actually moves your price. Every result is checked by someone on our team before it reaches you, then walked through with you live, so you understand exactly where the number comes from. You get a defensible valuation and a clear list of what is holding it down, not a guess.
04
Exit Readiness Programme
Increase Your Value
If your assessment turns up a real gap between what your business is worth now and what it could be worth, this is how we close it. Over a few weeks or months, we work alongside you on the specific things pulling your valuation down: financial reporting, cash flow analysis and optimisation, customer concentration, and how reliant the business is on you personally. We re-score the business as it improves, so you can watch the number move. At this stage, you have the strongest version of your business, ready for a buyer to see.
04
Exit Readiness Programme
If your assessment turns up a real gap between what your business is worth now and what it could be worth, this is how we close it. Over a few weeks or months, we work alongside you on the specific things pulling your valuation down: financial reporting, cash flow analysis and optimisation, customer concentration, and how reliant the business is on you personally. We re-score the business as it improves, so you can watch the number move. At this stage, you have the strongest version of your business, ready for a buyer to see.
05
Go-To-Market
Go To Market
When you are ready to sell, we build what a serious buyer needs to see: a teaser, a full information memorandum, and an updated valuation. Then we go after qualified buyers through our own network, filtered to match your business, and run a competitive process so more than one buyer is at the table. Multiple offers to choose from, instead of one offer you feel pressured to take.
05
Go-To-Market
When you are ready to sell, we build what a serious buyer needs to see: a teaser, a full information memorandum, and an updated valuation. Then we go after qualified buyers through our own network, filtered to match your business, and run a competitive process so more than one buyer is at the table. Multiple offers to choose from, instead of one offer you feel pressured to take.
06
Due Diligence & Negotiation
Create Buyer Competition
Once you have got interest, we manage the back and forth: buyer questions, document requests, and negotiations on price and terms. We stay involved through legal and financial due diligence, making sure nothing gets renegotiated down after you have already agreed on a price. A deal that closes on the terms you agreed to, not terms that quietly shift in the buyer's favour.
06
Due Diligence & Negotiation
Once you have got interest, we manage the back and forth: buyer questions, document requests, and negotiations on price and terms. We stay involved through legal and financial due diligence, making sure nothing gets renegotiated down after you have already agreed on a price. A deal that closes on the terms you agreed to, not terms that quietly shift in the buyer's favour.
07
Completion
Close Your Exit
We coordinate the final steps: fund transfer, handover of the business, and support through any transition period or earn-out. You are not left to figure out the closing process on your own. A completed sale, and support until the money is actually in your account.
07
Completion
We coordinate the final steps: fund transfer, handover of the business, and support through any transition period or earn-out. You are not left to figure out the closing process on your own. A completed sale, and support until the money is actually in your account.
Why it is structured this way
You do not have to go through every step.
Some founders come to us already market-ready and move straight into Go-To-Market. Others start with a free Exit Score long before they are ready to sell. The process is built so you can enter at whichever stage actually fits where your business is right now.
And by the time you are ready to sell, we already know your business well enough to represent it properly.
Results
Better prepared businesses create better exits.
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Peter
1 REVIEW • CA
Pet accessory business
I'd priced my own business in my head for years, and I was actually close. What I didn't know was that three specific things were quietly capping it. Once we fixed those, the number moved a lot more than I expected
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Laura
2 REVIEW • US
Protein powder business
I've had valuations before that felt like someone was just trying to get me to sign something. This was the first time someone actually showed me the working behind the number, so I could see it for myself.
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Kareem
3 REVIEW • UK
Kareem Golf Training aid business
There was one issue with how concentrated our ad spend was that I genuinely didn't think mattered. Turned out it was costing me six figures. We fixed it over about six weeks, and I had someone checking in the whole way, not just a report and radio silence.
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Marcus
3 REVIEW • UK
Ergonomic home office brand
We were planning to list on a broker platform, but they showed us two inventory issues that would have knocked our valuation down significantly. Fixed both in under two months and sold for far more than our initial baseline estimate.
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Elena
2 REVIEW • UK
Eco-friendly kitchenware line
The transparency was what sold me. They didn't just give me a pie-in-the-sky valuation number they showed me exactly how buyers analyze risk in my niche and gave me a clear checklist to de-risk the business before going to market.
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David
2 REVIEW • UK
Outdoor apparel store
I thought our heavy reliance on Meta ads was fine since ROAS was okay, but they helped us diversify our channel acquisition, which immediately added a higher multiplier to our final sale price.
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Priya
2 REVIEW • UK
Subscription skincare brand
Working with them felt like having a co-founder whose only job was preparing us for a smooth exit. The process was straightforward, realistic, and completely stress-free.
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Peter
1 REVIEW • CA
Pet accessory business
I'd priced my own business in my head for years, and I was actually close. What I didn't know was that three specific things were quietly capping it. Once we fixed those, the number moved a lot more than I expected
Date of experience:
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Laura
2 REVIEW • US
Protein powder business
I've had valuations before that felt like someone was just trying to get me to sign something. This was the first time someone actually showed me the working behind the number, so I could see it for myself.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
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Kareem
3 REVIEW • UK
Kareem Golf Training aid business
There was one issue with how concentrated our ad spend was that I genuinely didn't think mattered. Turned out it was costing me six figures. We fixed it over about six weeks, and I had someone checking in the whole way, not just a report and radio silence.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
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Marcus
3 REVIEW • UK
Ergonomic home office brand
We were planning to list on a broker platform, but they showed us two inventory issues that would have knocked our valuation down significantly. Fixed both in under two months and sold for far more than our initial baseline estimate.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
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Elena
2 REVIEW • UK
Eco-friendly kitchenware line
The transparency was what sold me. They didn't just give me a pie-in-the-sky valuation number they showed me exactly how buyers analyze risk in my niche and gave me a clear checklist to de-risk the business before going to market.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
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David
2 REVIEW • UK
Outdoor apparel store
I thought our heavy reliance on Meta ads was fine since ROAS was okay, but they helped us diversify our channel acquisition, which immediately added a higher multiplier to our final sale price.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
P
Priya
2 REVIEW • UK
Subscription skincare brand
Working with them felt like having a co-founder whose only job was preparing us for a smooth exit. The process was straightforward, realistic, and completely stress-free.
Date of experience:
Useful
Share
Results
Find out what your business is worth for free.
Get your free Exit Audit to see how buyers would value your business, what could be holding back your sale, and where you can increase value before you exit.
Get your free Exit Audit to see how buyers would value your business, what could be holding back your sale, and where you can increase value before you exit.
No pressure. No obligation. Completely confidential.
No pressure. No obligation. Completely confidential.
Frequently asked questions
Before you begin.
Do I have to go through the Readiness Programme?
No. It is only relevant if your Exit Assessment shows a real gap worth closing. Some businesses are already close to market-ready and skip straight to Go-To-Market.
Do I have to go through the Readiness Programme?
How long does the whole process take?
It depends on where you start. A business that is already in good shape can move from assessment to a signed deal within a few days or weeks. One that needs real preparation work usually spends several weeks or months in the Readiness Programme first.
How long does the whole process take?
What happens if I decide not to sell partway through?
That is fine. Nothing obligates you to go to market once you have done an assessment or readiness work. A lot of founders use it just to understand where they stand.
What happens if I decide not to sell partway through?
Who actually reviews my numbers?
An experienced M&A advisor on our team, every time. We use our own proprietary tools to move fast, but nothing reaches you without an advisor vetting it first.
Who actually reviews my numbers?
Do I need to come to you months before I am ready to sell?
Not at all. We work with founders at every stage, whether you are months out or ready to go now. Coming to us earlier just gives you more room to move the number before you are actually in front of a buyer.
Do I need to come to you months before I am ready to sell?
What if I am ready to sell now?
Then we skip straight to the parts that matter. We will still run an Exit Assessment so you and any buyer are working from a real number, but if your business is already in good shape, there is no reason to sit through months of preparation you do not need. We move straight into Go-To-Market as soon as you are ready.
What if I am ready to sell now?
Turn your ecommerce business into an asset buyers compete for.
Turn your ecommerce business into an asset buyers compete for.
Exit Ecom is an exit advisory built for e-commerce founders. We help you find out what your business is worth, close the gap between that number and what it could be, and run the sale itself when you're ready.
Exit Ecom is an exit advisory built for e-commerce founders. We help you find out what your business is worth, close the gap between that number and what it could be, and run the sale itself when you're ready.
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