SCORE Exit Ready: Boost Profitability, Margins, and Cash Flow to Attract Buyers

Event description

Planning to sell or simply improve your business’s market value? This webinar focuses on the core areas needed to make your business attractive to buyers, such as increasing profitability, optimizing margins, and building sustainable cash flow. Learn how to ensure operational stability and eliminate owner-dependencies so your business is truly “exit-ready.”

This webinar will prepare participants for exit by improving profitability, systemizing operations, and eliminating key person dependencies.

Learning Outcomes:

• Discover strategies to maximize profitability, reduce costs, and boost cash flow.
• Implement systems to minimize owner-dependency, making the business more appealing to potential buyers.
• Understand key metrics that influence valuation, ensuring your business is financially strong and attractive to investors.

Outline:

1. Positioning for Exit – Define your vision for exit-readiness and what buyers are looking for.
2. Profitability & Margins – Increase margins by identifying and optimizing high-profit areas.
3. Cash Flow – Build sustainable cash flow management practices that enhance stability and resilience.
4. Systems & Automation – Implement scalable processes that remove keyman dependencies and streamline operations.
5. Talent & Succession Planning – Strengthen your team with clear roles and succession plans that boost the business’s autonomy.
6. Financial Metrics for Valuation – Track and optimize key financial metrics that drive business value.
7. Case Studies & Examples – Real-world scenarios to highlight exit preparation steps and outcomes.
8. Checklist for Buyers – Create a checklist of buyer-attractive qualities and ensure your business ticks each box.

This session will walk through each area critical to exit readiness, helping you to build a profitable, independent business that can sell at a premium.

Our Presenter, Yemi Olusuen

Yemi empowers service-based businesses to achieve sustainable growth and enhance their exit valuations through strategic systems and automation. With 15+ years of experience, Yemi specializes in automating marketing, sales, and operations systems to boost lead conversion and customer retention.

Recognized as a US DoS Innovation Fellow, Yemi is a UK Help to Grow Mentor and Stanford Seed Consultant, committed to helping businesses scale while driving positive community impact.