Acquisition readiness planner · Free

Are you ready to buy a business?

Twelve questions about why you'd buy, what you'd buy, how you'd pay and who would do the work. Answer honestly. You'll get a short list of what to put in place next. It takes about three minutes.

Nothing you enter is saved or sent anywhere. This is a starting point for your own thinking. It isn't advice or a score.

1 · Your reason to buyWhy buy?

Can you say clearly what buying a business would do for you that growing on your own wouldn't?

Have you compared buying with building it yourself?

Are the people who must agree (co-founders, board, investors) behind the idea?

2 · What you'd buyYour criteria

Do you know what kind of business you'd buy?

Do you know the size and location you'd look for?

Do you know what would make you walk away?

3 · FundingPaying for it

Do you have a rough budget for a deal, including costs?

Do you know how you'd pay for it: cash, a lender, investors or a mix?

Could your business cope if the deal took longer than planned to pay off?

4 · Time and peopleWho does the work

Does someone senior have time to meet owners and run a deal?

Do you know who would run the business after you buy it?

Do you have lawyers and accountants who've helped buy businesses before?

Thinking about buying a business?

Book a free Expansion Briefing. It's a 30-minute call with us about what you want to buy and if now is the right time. Afterwards, you get a short written summary and an honest view.

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