You have built a successful business. You have sacrificed weekends, missed family moments, and put everything into making it work. Yet, you have avoided planning for the fact that "we will all exit our business one day, one way or another." Do you have a plan? Have you asked yourself why, when, and how you will exit? Without a plan, an exit will likely be suboptimal, likely even under duress. However, determining your exit objectives and building a plan on that foundation has a much higher probability of an optimal exit and leaving your business on your terms.
David Reid knows this struggle intimately. As a CEO and founder, he spent 20 years growing his business to over 100 employees and selling the business for a premium valuation, concluding in an optimal exit. All of this was accomplished before he reached 50 years old. Ten years into the business, David came to understand that he would one day exit the business, and to do that optimally, he would need a plan. David distilled everything he learned about selling and exiting a business to build a 10-year plan to get there. That process became the foundation for a proven 9-step framework that takes the guesswork out of exit planning.
Getting to Exit is not another book about maximizing your sale price. It's about curating an exit that delivers the money you need, the timing you want, and the life you've been putting off. Through honest storytelling, practical tools, and a step-by-step process, David shows you how to plan for an optimal exit-one you won't regret-one you have earned.
In this book, you'll discover:
• How to uncover your true "why" for exiting, so you are not just chasing money
• Why you must calculate your real financial need before choosing an exit path
• Ten different ways to exit and their characteristics to help you select the right way to align with your exit goals
• How to understand the gap between where you are today and where you need to be to exit optimally
• Why working "on" your business instead of "in" will command a premium valuation
• The system for identifying your ideal buyer years before you're ready to sell
• Why most exits fail-and how to avoid becoming another statistic
• And much more!
You don't have to figure this out alone. With a clear framework and the right tools, you can build toward an exit that funds the life you actually want. Your business deserves a strong ending.
So do you.
If you want practical guidance, honest insights, and a roadmap that breaks with traditional thinking, then you'll love David Reid's Getting to Exit.
Buy Getting to Exit today and start building your path to freedom!
