You'll understand the sale process, your real options, and exactly what a buyer will want to see — then you'll have a clear plan for the next 90 days. No vague opinions, no fluff, no 12-month retainer.
Family business owners who are thinking about selling in the next 6–24 months and want clarity before they start talking to brokers or buyers.
The sale process is opaque by design. Brokers benefit from you not knowing. The Sprint gives you the full picture so you're not negotiating blind.
Not the optimistic broker estimate. A buyer-style view — adjusted profit, realistic multiples, what pushes the price up or down.
Knowing what buyers will ask for — and having it ready — changes the dynamic of every conversation. You negotiate from strength, not scramble.
10 business days. Fixed scope. Everything below delivered in plain English, not consultant-speak.
| ✓Process map | What happens in a sale, in what order, and where deals typically stall or die. You'll know the full journey before you take a single step. |
| ✓Your options | Broker vs direct, competitor vs private buyer, timing trade-offs. What each choice does to your price, your terms, and your timeline. |
| ✓Buyer-style valuation view | How a buyer will see your business: adjusted profit, likely multiples, and the gap between what you think it's worth and what they'll pay. |
| ✓Buyer-readiness checklist | Everything a serious buyer will ask for — documents, data, explanations — with a gap list: what's missing, what matters most, what to prioritise. |
| ✓Risks and strengths snapshot | What will increase your price, what will give a buyer leverage to discount it, and what will slow or kill a deal if left unaddressed. |
| ✓Next-90-days plan | 3–7 specific actions, in priority order, that will actually move the needle. Not a 40-page strategy deck — a clear list of what to do next. |
Not included: ongoing deal management, broker services, full bookkeeping clean-up (available as Data Pack upsell).
Fixed fee. No commission. No surprise add-ons.
If the Sprint reveals messy books or a missing data room, the Data Pack gets your financials and documents buyer-ready. Scoped after the Sprint based on what's actually needed. See what buyer-ready looks like →
Before you commit to anything, these are the things worth knowing.
A broker's job is to sell your business and earn a commission on the proceeds. They have a financial incentive to list it and get it sold, which doesn't always align with getting you the best terms or preparing you properly.
The Sprint is advisory only — no commission, no listing, no conflict. Nicholas has been on the buy side of M&A transactions. His job is to show you what a buyer will see and help you get ready, not to earn a percentage of your sale price.
That's actually the ideal time to do this. Owners who go through the Sprint 12–24 months before selling end up with more time to fix the things that matter, which means a better price and better terms when they do go to market.
If you're 6 weeks from signing with a broker, the Sprint is less useful. If you're 6–18 months out, it's the highest-ROI thing you can do.
Not much to start: last 2–3 years of financials (accountant-prepared is fine), a rough sense of your owner's salary and personal expenses run through the business, and a short conversation about your business, customers, and team. Everything else gets built from there.
Yes. Everything you share is treated as strictly confidential. No details are disclosed to third parties, no listing is created, and there is no public record of the engagement.
You get a follow-up call to walk through the deliverables and answer questions. From there, you're in control — the next-90-days plan is yours to execute at your own pace. If you need more hands-on help (data room, deal management), we can scope that separately, but there's no pressure to continue.
Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University, and an MBA from INSEAD. He spent the early part of his career on the buy side of M&A — commercial due diligence, deal origination, and valuation across professional services, technology, healthcare, and manufacturing.
He's been the person stress-testing a seller's numbers, looking for the gaps between what the owner believes and what the data shows. That experience is what informs the Sprint — you get the buyer's perspective before the buyer does.
Read more about Nicholas →Takes 2 minutes. You'll get an immediate view of your business, and if the Sprint makes sense for your situation, we'll discuss it from there. No pressure, no pitch.