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Exit Timing Planner

Not “here's a 12-month checklist.” An honest, explainable answer to when you could actually go to market — and a plan to get there.

✓ Earliest credible market date✓ Explained, not just estimated✓ Phased action plan✓ 2 minutes, free
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Your GoalWhat's In the Way

When do you want to be done?

Not when you'll list — when you want to be finished owning this business. We'll work backward from there.

Why “when should I sell” isn't a checklist question

Most exit-planning content gives every owner the same 12-month checklist. But a business with a strong management team and clean books might be ready to list in 60 days — and a business where the owner personally handles every customer relationship might genuinely need a year, no matter how hard the owner works between now and then.

This tool doesn't give you a generic timeline. It finds the single thing about your business that takes the longest to fix, and builds your plan around that — the same way a contractor tells you a renovation's finish date based on its longest-lead material, not an average of every task.

What this tool checks

Owner dependence

Could the business run for 30 days without you? The most common reason exit timelines slip.

Financial documentation

3 years of clean, reconciled financials — what every serious buyer's lender will ask for within days of an LOI.

Customer concentration

Revenue tied to one relationship is a real risk buyers and lenders price in, not just a disclosure item.

Management depth

Whether someone besides you could run day-to-day operations if you stepped back.

Methodology — how the timeline is calculated

Critical path months = the runway of your single longest-lead-time blocker (0–12 months, based on your answers)

Earliest market window = Critical path months + 2 months (broker selection and listing prep) — presented as a 3-month range, never a single date

This is deliberately a simplified critical-path calculation — the longest blocker sets the floor, rather than a full project-dependency graph. It's an honest planning estimate based entirely on your self-reported answers, not a verified assessment.