Ventaro Seller Tools

How Ready Is Your Business to Sell?

Answer 15 questions about your finances, customers, operations and sale preparation to receive an instant Sale Readiness Score and identify areas you may want to address before going to market.

Step 1 of 5 — Financial Readiness 20%
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Financial Readiness

How clear, consistent and predictable are the business's finances?

01. How up to date are your financial records?
02. What has happened to profitability over the last 2–3 years?
03. How predictable is the business's revenue?
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Owner Dependency

Could the business continue operating effectively after ownership changes?

04. How dependent is the business on your day-to-day involvement?
05. How strong is the team beneath the owner?
06. How well documented are the business's key processes?
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Customer & Revenue Quality

Assess the strength, diversity and repeatability of the business's customer base.

07. How dependent is the business on its largest customer?
08. How much business comes from repeat or recurring customers?
09. How stable is the customer base?
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Operational Readiness

How straightforward could the operational transition to a new owner be?

10. How organised are your important business documents and records?
11. How straightforward would it be for a new owner to take over employees and day-to-day operations?
12. How transferable are the assets, premises, supplier relationships and systems needed to operate the business?
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Sale Preparation

Finally, let's look at how prepared you are to actually take the business to market.

13. When are you realistically considering selling?
14. How have you formed your expectations about what the business may be worth?
15. How prepared are you to provide information a serious buyer is likely to request?
Please answer all three questions before continuing.
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Your Sale Readiness

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Your Readiness Breakdown

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Customer & Revenue
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Operational Readiness
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Sale Preparation
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