Most owners spend 20 years building a business and plan their exit in the last one. In 10 minutes, get an estimate of how ready your business is to sell, what may be holding back its value, and roughly how long it could take to close the gap.
Customers, staff and vendors all route through you. A buyer can't purchase your judgment or your relationships.
No manuals for each post, no written sales, hiring or purchasing process. What isn't written down can't be transferred.
If profit, growth and key statistics aren't tracked and clean, a buyer discounts whatever they can't verify.
A short introduction from VP Impact on what makes a business sellable, and how the free Exit Velocity Scorecard gives you an estimate of where yours stands today.
Every buyer asks one question: will this keep making money without the owner? If the answer depends on you, your relationships, your decisions and your phone, they see risk. Risk shows up as a lower offer, more of the price tied to earn-outs, or no deal at all.
When you walk out, the decisions, relationships and know-how walk out with you. A buyer sees that risk and prices it in.
When you walk out, the systems, team, numbers and plans stay. That is what a buyer pays full price for.
It isn't a broker listing or a retirement date. It's the work of turning an owner-run company into an asset someone else can own and operate, started early enough that you control the price, the timing and the terms.
A competitor, an investor group or an individual buyer. Often the highest price, and the highest bar for systems and clean financials.
A management or employee buyout. Protects your legacy and culture, and works best when your leaders already run the day-to-day.
A planned succession. It needs the same systems as a sale, plus clear roles and time to train the next generation.
Put an operator in place, keep the income and get your time back. The work that makes a business sellable is what makes this possible.
Whichever path you choose, value comes down to the same four areas. The scorecard measures each one and weights it using VP Impact's own model of how much it moves readiness.
Weekly statistics, steady growth, consistent profit and a written financial plan.
Manuals for every post, plus marketing, sales, hiring and purchasing systems that run without you.
Vision, mission and target market on paper, with 30/60/90-day and 1, 3 and 5-year plans.
How much of your day goes to firefighting, and how long the business runs without you.
Velocity is how quickly you're closing the gap between where your business is today and where it needs to be to sell well. Owners who start early can grow and de-risk at the same time. Owners who start late are forced to choose.
Install the statistics, systems and manuals. Grow the business while you step out of daily operations.
Run the business through your team and let the numbers show it works without you.
Clean financials, documented operations and a clear story for buyers. Go to market from strength.
Answer 21 questions about your finances, team, systems, plans and your role. Your report appears the moment you finish.
You'll see:Vida walks through your results with you and helps you choose your top 3 priorities.
On the call we'll:Your score places you in one of four tiers, each with an estimated runway to being ready to sell. These tiers and runways are VP Impact estimates from our own scoring model, not industry rules, and not a valuation or a promise of when, or for how much, you could sell.
The business likely depends heavily on you right now. Every system you install can help build sellable value.
Parts of the business run on systems, but too much may still depend on you.
Real foundations appear to be in place. A few gaps could lower what buyers offer or make them hesitate.
Your answers suggest a transferable business. The focus now is likely packaging and positioning it well.
Actual timelines vary by business, market and buyer. If your target exit date is shorter than your estimated bar, the discovery call is where we look at how to close the difference.
Vida and Victor Puodziunas have built, scaled and sold multiple businesses, and bring over 50 years of combined experience to every owner they coach. Victor focuses on operations, people and financial performance. Vida focuses on marketing, sales, training and customer experience.
As Focal Point certified business coaches, they help owners install the statistics, systems, manuals and plans that let a business work beyond them, so they can grow faster and exit stronger.
Vida and Victor have built, scaled and sold multiple businesses of their own. We coach from experience, not theory.
Combined experience across operations, people, finance, marketing, sales and training.
Focal Point certified business coaches, backed by the Focal Point Global Network's proven methods.
If we don't keep it, tell us. We'd rather earn your trust than ask for it.
About 10 minutes. There are 21 multiple-choice questions, and your results appear as soon as you finish.
No. The scorecard, your report and the 20-minute discovery call are all free, with no obligation.
We review your score and your weakest areas, talk about your goals and timeline, and pick your top 3 priorities together. You'll leave with them in writing, whether or not we work together.
Yes. The earlier you start, the more time you have to raise your business's value. The same work that makes a business sellable is what gives an owner their time back.
No. A broker helps you sell the business you have. We help you build a stronger, more transferable business before you sell, so you can go to market from a better position.
No. Your Exit Velocity Score, readiness tier and runway are VP Impact's own educational estimates, based on your answers and our scoring model rather than an industry standard. They are not a business valuation, appraisal or guarantee of a sale price, buyer or timeline. For a valuation, speak with a qualified business appraiser or broker.
Your answers are used to prepare your results and your discovery call. We never sell your information.
Ten minutes now gives you an estimate of where 20 years of work stands, and what it could take to sell on your terms.