The Buyer-Ready Checklist

Every owner exits. Not every owner gets paid for it.

20 things a buyer checks before they make an offer — and what you can start fixing this week.

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What's inside

Three pieces, one clear read on where you stand.

The 20-point checklist

Score your business across the five questions every buyer asks before they value your company.

The value worksheet

A simple way to get a rough sense of what your business might be worth today.

Your exit runway

What to fix three years out, one year out, and six months out.

The five questions

The questions that decide your number.

01

Does it run without you?

02

Can a buyer trust the numbers?

03

Will the revenue come back next year?

04

Where's the risk hiding?

05

Is it clean?

Most owners have never scored themselves on these. A buyer will.

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Who put this together

Grant Hanson has spent fourteen years on both sides of the deal table. He sat on the sourcing side of 15 completed acquisitions that carried a platform from $7M to $68M in revenue, and has built acquisition pipelines representing more than $500M in enterprise value. Through Acquisition Pipeline Systems he works with owners on exit readiness and acquisition-driven growth.