Business Acquisition

Exit Strategy & Selling Your Business

Sell Your Business for What It's Actually Worth

12 lessons4 modules9h 25m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Most owners only sell a business once, and the gap between an average exit and a great one is often six or seven figures. This course shows you exactly how value is calculated, how to make your company more sellable in the 12 to 36 months before a sale, and how to navigate brokers, buyer types, due diligence, and deal structures like earn-outs and seller notes. You will leave with the working tools to run a disciplined, well-prepared exit.

Curriculum

Module 1: Knowing What You Have: Valuation and Sale Readiness3 lessons

How Small Businesses Are Actually ValuedPreview45m
Finding Your Multiple and a Defensible Asking Price🔒45m
The Sellability Audit and Owner Dependency🔒45m

Module 2: Getting Sale-Ready: Cleaning Up and Building Value3 lessons

Financial Hygiene and Quality of Earnings🔒45m
Legal, Contracts, and the Pre-Sale Checklist🔒45m
The Value-Enhancement Runway: 12 to 36 Months Out🔒50m

Module 3: Going to Market: Buyers, Brokers, and the Deal Book3 lessons

Buyer Types and Who Pays the Most🔒45m
Brokers, M&A Advisors, and Going It Alone🔒45m
The CIM, the Data Room, and Confidentiality🔒50m

Module 4: Negotiating and Closing: Terms, Taxes, and Transition3 lessons

Reading the Offer: Price vs. Structure🔒50m
Earn-Outs, Seller Notes, and Protecting Your Upside🔒50m
Due Diligence, Taxes, and a Clean Handover🔒50m