Business exit strategy: How to build one out that drives growth
- E285
- 1:00:09
- September 10th 2022
David Walters is the founder and CEO of Steam Powered Marketing. David and his team help business owners maximize the valuation of their company for a high payout exit.
Over 98% of business exits are for zero value. This is a tragedy as 60% of business owners start their company with the plan to sell their business to fund their retirement and for most business owners 85% of their net worth is in their business. David and his team help business owners with the goal of a 10x increase in exit value within 2 years.
Prior to starting Steam Powered Marketing, David was an Executive Officer Nuclear Submarine Disposal Group (Devonport) and Weapons Engineer Officer in the UK before working in nuclear emergency-related roles and crisis management types roles. He then went on to lead various projects for Siemens before launching his agency.
In this episode, he shares how we can build a business exit strategy that works for us while driving growth. Insights he shares include:
- What is a business exit strategy and why consider it?
- What should be considered In an exit strategy
- Important questions to ask for your business exit strategy
- How to maximize valuations of your business and diversify valuations
- How exit strategies impact marketing strategies
- What questions to ask to determine whether we are ready to take our business to the next level
- Why an exit strategy requires an intentional culture in the organization
- When to start looking at assets that could potentially form profit centers
- How best to drive moonshot growth given the resources you currently have
- and much much more ....
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