What buyers look for in a business comes down to one question: can they step in and run it, or are they buying a project? This episode walks through the five areas buyers check to answer that question: competitive positioning, clean and trusted financials, the cash flow cycle, concentration risk, and capabilities. You will learn what to fix in the years before a sale, why a buyer will not pay you for problems it plans to fix itself, and how slow answers during due diligence can wear a deal down.

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