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If You’re Selling, You Need a Team—Here’s Who
Part 7 of 10 in the Exit Strategy Series
You wouldn’t walk into a courtroom without a lawyer.
Or undergo surgery without a surgeon.
So why would you try to sell your business without the right team?
🧠 Exit Planning Is a Team Sport
Selling your business isn’t just a financial event—it’s a strategic transformation that affects every aspect of your life and legacy.
To do it right, you need five players on your team:
Business Coach – To help you grow the value of the business and remove owner dependency.
Accountant – To clean up your books, prove value, and structure tax-efficient deals.
Attorney – To bulletproof your contracts and ensure the sale doesn’t collapse over legal technicalities.
Financial Advisor – To turn your sale proceeds into long-term security and wealth.
Business Transfer Professional (Broker or M&A Advisor) – To find and qualify serious buyers.
Trying to do this alone? That’s how you end up underpaid—or unsold.
🧩 Why This Matters
Even a business that’s generating $1M+ in EBITDA can struggle to sell if the paperwork is sloppy, the buyer isn’t vetted, or the owner is too critical to operations.
With the right team:
✔️ You position your company for maximum value.
✔️ You attract serious buyers.
✔️ You protect what you’ve built.
🚀 Build Your Team Now—Not Later
Waiting until you’re “ready to sell” is too late.
Start building relationships now. Put the right players in place early. Then, when it’s time to go to market, your business is a polished asset—not a fixer-upper.
📘 Download the free eBook at OptaProfit.com for the full playbook.
Or book a 30-minute Exit Strategy Assessment and I’ll help you assemble the dream team.
About Don VanPool
Don VanPool helps business owners scale strategically and exit successfully by transforming chaos into structure, and operations into cash-flowing assets buyers want. His specialty: building teams and systems that grow enterprise value.
If You’re Selling, You Need a Team—Here’s Who
Part 7 of 10 in the Exit Strategy Series
You wouldn’t walk into a courtroom without a lawyer.
Or undergo surgery without a surgeon.
So why would you try to sell your business without the right team?
🧠 Exit Planning Is a Team Sport
Selling your business isn’t just a financial event—it’s a strategic transformation that affects every aspect of your life and legacy.
To do it right, you need five players on your team:
Business Coach – To help you grow the value of the business and remove owner dependency.
Accountant – To clean up your books, prove value, and structure tax-efficient deals.
Attorney – To bulletproof your contracts and ensure the sale doesn’t collapse over legal technicalities.
Financial Advisor – To turn your sale proceeds into long-term security and wealth.
Business Transfer Professional (Broker or M&A Advisor) – To find and qualify serious buyers.
Trying to do this alone? That’s how you end up underpaid—or unsold.
🧩 Why This Matters
Even a business that’s generating $1M+ in EBITDA can struggle to sell if the paperwork is sloppy, the buyer isn’t vetted, or the owner is too critical to operations.
With the right team:
✔️ You position your company for maximum value.
✔️ You attract serious buyers.
✔️ You protect what you’ve built.
🚀 Build Your Team Now—Not Later
Waiting until you’re “ready to sell” is too late.
Start building relationships now. Put the right players in place early. Then, when it’s time to go to market, your business is a polished asset—not a fixer-upper.
📘 Download the free eBook at OptaProfit.com for the full playbook.
Or book a 30-minute Exit Strategy Assessment and I’ll help you assemble the dream team.
About Don VanPool
Don VanPool helps business owners scale strategically and exit successfully by transforming chaos into structure, and operations into cash-flowing assets buyers want. His specialty: building teams and systems that grow enterprise value.
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