Planning Your Exit - How to Sell for Top Dollar with EXPERT Joe Valley

Joe Valley is an author, guest speaker, EXITpreneur, advisor, and partner at Quiet Light. Joe Valley has also built, bought, or sold over half a dozen of his own companies. Over the last nine years, Joe has mentored thousands of entrepreneurs whose goal is to achieve their own eventual exit. He is a ​Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional, and a frequent guest expert in mastermind groups, on podcasts, and at events for entrepreneurs worldwide. Joe has written a book (coming May 2021), The EXITpreneur’s Playbook – How to Sell your Online Business for Top Dollar. The book shares real-life stories of successful and failed exits, and teaches you how to reverse engineer a pathway to your own incredible exit.<br />In this episode, Joe talks about how to sell your business the right way, so you can get the maximum value out of it. He takes us through some of the tips and advice on exiting businesses, which you can also find in his new book, The EXITpreneur’s Playbook. Listen in!<br /><br />[00:01 – 07:26] How Experience Helped Joe Write ‘EXITpreneur’<br /><br />- Welcoming Joe to the show<br />- Joe talks about writing his book, ‘The EXITpreneur’s Playbook’<br />- His experience building and selling businesses<br />- How much it cost him to publish the book<br /><br />[07:27 – 23:39] How to Get the Maximum Value Out of Selling Your Business <br /><br />- The importance of having a clear set of goals<br />- Why figuring out where you are today is pivotal to your desired exit<br />- Dollars, date, and feeling<br />- Joe on helping entrepreneurs exit their businesses<br />- Understanding your financials <br />- Clean financials vs. clear financials<br />- Doing the math<br /><br />[23:40 – 30:31] Closing segment<br /><br />- Learn more about ‘The EXITpreneur’s Playbook’<br />- What you can learn from the book<br />- Closing words<br /><br /><br />Tweetable Quotes:<br /><br />“In order to achieve the exit they want in one or two years, [they have to] set that goal and figure out where they are today.” - Joe Valley<br