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Multiply Your Exit Options

Exit Planning That’s Structured, Strategic, and Worth Every Dollar

When you're ready to sell, transition, or step back from your business, the right plan doesn’t just prepare you—it multiplies your options and your value

Our Exit Planning service is not a surface-level report, its not copy work. It's a fully integrated, multi-phase process designed to uncover your goals, evaluate your options, and deliver a clear, actionable path to execution-whether your timeline is 12 months, 5 years, or 25+.

Total Exit Planning aligns and simplifies every plan, document, and decision that matters to your exit.
From our custom plans, $18K Premium Support Plan, to our $12K Standard Plan... each is designed to deliver strong value- not inflated costs.
You won’t get scattered advice. You’ll walk away with one integrated plan, clear advice, transparent pricing, and real support.

Advanced Integrated Exit Planning & Coordination

These are typically integrated within the exit planning process.
Separate but synchronized so that the plans do no interfere with each other.
Work done in isolation is more expensive, causes more rework, and often causes pain later.

  1. Contingency Planning

    • Emergency preparedness (e.g., death, disability, divorce)

    • Key person risk mitigation

  2. Leadership Succession Planning

    • Identification and development of next-gen leadership

    • Transition of responsibilities before ownership transfer

  3. Ownership Succession Planning

    • Structuring the sale/gift of equity

    • Internal vs external transfer pathways

  4. Financial Planning (Owner Personal)

    • Post-exit income planning

    • Asset diversification and withdrawal strategies

    • Tax planning for wealth transfer

  5. Business Continuity Planning

    • Keeping the business running during unplanned exits

    • Operational and client continuity

  6. Estate & Legacy Planning

    • Coordinating trusts, wills, gifting strategies

    • Generational wealth transfer

  7. Business Valuation & Value Gap Analysis

    • Estimating current value

    • Identifying shortfalls in desired vs actual business worth

  8. Value Growth Planning

    • Creating a roadmap to increase intrinsic business value

    • Operational, financial, and strategic improvements

  9. Deal Structure & Tax Strategy Planning

    • Entity restructuring pre-sale

    • Tax minimization through deal structure (stock vs asset sale, etc.)

  10. Strategic Design & Business Planning

    • Often framed as "Strategic Planning" or “Management By Objectives”

Complementary Planning Areas That Should be Integrated or Coordinated.

These are often marketed as separate services but integrate closely with exit planning:

Work done in isolation is more expensive, causes more rework, and often causes pain later.

  1. Tactical Growth to Exit Planning

    • Often framed as "Growth-to-Exit" or “Acquisition Readiness”

  2. M&A Readiness / Sell-Side Preparation

    • Preparing for due diligence, buyer interviews, CIMs, LOIs

  3. Governance Planning

    • Shareholder agreements, buy-sell provisions, board continuity

  4. Management Incentive Plan Design

    • Phantom stock, stock options, profit interests, etc.

  5. Equity Planning & Capital Restructuring

    • Reallocating ownership, recapitalization, investor realignment

  6. Exit Option Evaluation

    • Third-party sale, family transition, ESOP, MBO, recap, etc.

  7. Transaction Readiness & Representation

    • Preparing for and managing the deal process itself

    • Can include quality of earnings (QoE), due diligence readiness

  8. Post-Sale Life Design & Purpose Planning

    • Personal visioning, coaching, and purpose beyond the business

  9. Team Alignment & Communication Planning

    • Ensuring internal and external stakeholders are clear on the process

  10. Philanthropic & Impact Planning

    • Charitable strategies (DAFs, CRTs, etc.) tied to exit liquidity

Exit Planning Advisory Services

You’re not selling a product. You’re transferring a living, breathing business.
We’ll help you make that transition smoother, smarter, and more valuable.

For business owners withing 5 to 10 years of exit. Most owners wait to long... but it can take 3 years to get a business ready for sale or transfer, it can take a year to sell it, and there are ways to massively save on taxes if you start 5, 7, or 10 years out. Your options are limited the longer you wait.

The Standard Exit Plan $12,000 engagement gives you clarity, direction, and a fully customized exit plan and map you can move on right away.

We’ll help you:

  • Understand your best exit options

  • Spot what’s holding your business back

  • Get a detailed plan to protect your wealth and boost business value

This isn’t just coaching. It’s a full roadmap, built with your team in mind and coordinated with your legal and financial advisors. So when the time comes to move on, you’re ready-and confident.

CBEC® CEPA®
Advanced Exit Planning+
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closeup photography of white hanging bulb light with exit signage

If you're planning to exit your business in the next two years, this engagement is built for you. We help you sharpen your business, reduce risks, and walk into the transition with a clear, confident plan.

For $24, 000, Here’s what you get:

  • A full business review to identify value gaps and quick wins

  • Clarity on the exit options that fit your timeline and personal goals

  • Readiness assessments—both for you and your business

  • A focused action plan with real steps to improve value and avoid mistakes

  • Coordination with your CPA, attorney, and financial team to keep everything aligned

This is a deep-dive engagement designed for owners who can’t afford to guess. You get strategy, structure, and next steps-so you’re not just hoping things go well... you're making sure they do.

Late Stage Enhance & Exit
Exiting Within Next 24 Months?
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