Hand the Clients On, Do Not Just Close
Why handing a client book to another operator is usually cleaner than an abrupt shutdown, for the owner and for the customers.
Most owners do not sell because the business is perfect
They sell because they are tired, unwell, retiring, out of cash, or unwilling to keep being the whole company. The situations below are the ones we hear most.
A sale does not need a tidy story. Retirement, burnout, a cash squeeze or no one to take over are enough. Buyers in this network already purchase businesses in that shape.
Open the situation that matches yours. Each page covers what a buyer will usually tolerate, what still has to be true, and how a private handover can work without a public campaign.
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Incomplete Books Still Find Buyers
Incomplete paperwork does not automatically end a private sale. It changes who you talk to, and how honestly the first conversation has to be.
Retiring From a Business That Is Still You
How retirement sales work when there is no successor on the payroll, and why a private handover beats waiting until you have already left.