Sell Your Business Without Losing Your Shirt
Prepare to Sell Your Business on Great Terms with Less Stress

Owners that plan for the sale of their business will get more money, better terms and less risk. A well crafted exit plan will produce a high return on investment in time and expense for owners of most companies.

Effective exit planning should also help grow your business.

Requests for services to help business owners position the company for a sale or transition within one to five years led Rex to develop a curriculum based program for planning your business sale.

Our group and individual programs cover in detail topics on business worth valuation, exit planning and sale structures to avoid loss of value from a sale. We work with your tax and personal financial advisors to customize timing and deal structure with the goal of preparing owners should unexpected personal events dictate the sale of or exit from the business.

Business Valuation Self-start Program

Take the first important step preparing for the sale of your business by learning about the valuation process, with support from our team. We provide you with a great, easy-to-read guide explaining valuation methods and practices, a questionnaire to help you prepare data and identify issues that might hurt your business value, plus comparable transaction data compiled from multiple industry sources we review on a continuous basis. Depending on your personal timetable and experience with business appraisal, you may decide to complete a company valuation internally, hire a valuation advisor or begin exit planning to position your business for sale. By participating in the process, you'll learn important points about valuation methods and steps you can take to improve terms of a sale. The process is completely confidential and any information shared with our advisors is destroyed or returned to you upon completion at your request. This program offers a wealth of information for a very affordable cost.

Curriculum-based Exit Planning

This program delivers an 8-month curriculum via live telephone calls on valuation, revenue growth, deal terms, negotiating and exit planning to get more money from your business. Ideal for owners who want to really prepare for selling, the curriculum for this program applies best practices and is continuously updated to incorporate new ideas from actual business sales, plus relevant market forces affecting small business sales. Each group session focuses on one key element in the planning and selling process. Topics address requirements common to most business sales, but we will present innovative approaches as well. Written program materials are provided to participants. Business names are not used to protect the confidence of participants.

Private Business Sale Mentoring Program

For the business owner who is serious about exit planning, Rex provides a comprehensive program for entrepreneurs that want to plan their exit on good terms, from a position of growth. The program will culminate in a customized exit plan in approximately nine months (at your discretion) prepared to optimize your sale. The program includes one day with Rex in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota at your option. (For participants outside the United States, a two-session teleconference option is available.) Work sessions include business positioning, exit strategies, valuation and pricing, sale terms, sale financing issues, personnel retention and sale timing. Not for the uncommitted, the program requires annual company revenue of at least $2 million, a significant investment and a no-cost telephone evaluation.