7 Step Guide

Considering selling your business in the next 1-3 years? This guide shows you how to prepare properly

Why It Matters

  • Most owners leave money on the table

  • Timing mistakes reduces buyer confidence

  • Poor preparation weakens negotiation power

  • Structure impacts tax outcomes

  • Planning increases sale certainty

Thinking of Selling in the Nex 1-3 Years?

What You Will Learn

  • How buyers assess value

  • When to go to market

  • How to strengthen your numbers

  • How to protect your exit position

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The Jacobs Business 7 Step Guide


A Practical Exit Framework for NZ SME Owners

If you are considering selling in the next 1-3 years this guide will help you understand how buyers think, how businesses are valued and what drives price.

Most Owners prepare too late

Strong sale outcomes are rarely accidental. Value is created in the years before a business goes to market, not during a negotiation. This guide outlines the structured steps required to protect value and improve sale certainty

What you will learn

How buyers assess maintainable earnings

What reduces valuation multiples

The risks that weaken negotiation leverage

How to prepare financial documentation properly

When to start planning an exist

How to control confidentiality

How to structure for certainty not just price