Our Process:
11-Steps To Selling Your Business
Our 11-step process to selling your business starts with a
comprehensive business valuation, followed by strategic
planning, finding the right buyers, negotiating deals, and
guiding you through the legal and financial intricacies of
the sale, ultimately ensuring a seamless transition that
aligns with your goals and preferences.
Step 1
Sign NDA
All discussions & sensitive information
remain confidential.
Step 2
Break Bread (Initial Client Meeting)
Get to meet & know each other better. Discuss
the business, ESL, and our fee structure.
Step 3
Sign ESL New Client Engagement
Sign our agreement, complete our proprietary
intake process, and build-out data room.
Step 4
Kick-Off Meeting
Meet with our entire team & assign out roles for
your business sale. This will be our creative,
financial, and selling team.
Step 5
CIM & Financials
Customize, design, and develop your company's Confidential Information Memorandum (pitch deck) & build quality of earnings (normalized financials) report.
Step 6
Buyer Meetings
Identify potential buyers from our privately sourced list & begin introductory meetings (This can range from one to three meetings).
Step 7
IOI/LOI
Receive Letter Of Interest or Indication Of Interest from potential buyer with consideration, ongoing compensation, and potential second bites of the apple.
Step 8
Negotiation
This is part of the Exit Stage Left special sauce.
We negotiate you the best financial & cultural
deal to get a signed LOI/IOI.
Step 9
Due Diligence
60 to 90 days of company due diligence. Attorneys
review purchase agreement during this time.
Step 10
Purchase Agreement
Finalize & sign purchase agreements as well as
employment contracts (If part of the deal).
Step 11
Wiring Funds
Time to Celebrate!
