Washington Avenue Advisors
Exit Readiness
Know what a buyer will flag today, and fix it long before you go to market.
This isn’t a conversation, it’s a scored assessment. We run the business through a Sellability Assessment and Personal Readiness Assessment, benchmark it against industry-specific data across the 8 Drivers of Value, and return an actual number — an estimated range of value, positioned against the top of the range for businesses like yours, plus what closing specific gaps is worth in dollars.
Who it’s for
Owners planning to sell, recapitalize, or raise capital in the next one to five years who want a defensible number and a prioritized gap list instead of a gut-feel guess.
Two ways to engage
The advisory model — a 1:1 engagement, typically one to three years up to your exit, going deep on your specific business. Or the cohort model — the Exit Accelerator, a structured four-month program that gets you exit-ready across the 8 Drivers with founder health built in.
How we work
- Observation and fact-finding — Business Sellability and Personal Readiness Assessments
- Research and strategy — informal valuation and Freedom Score, benchmarked against NAICS industry data
- Findings and review — scored results across the 8 Drivers, positioned against a “best in class” valuation
- Recommendations — a delivered action plan with next steps, owners, and timelines
Included beyond the assessment
- Business valuation (range of value + profit and value-gap analysis)
- Buy-sell agreement and key-person protection review
- Retirement and benefits plan review
- Facilitated introductions to bankers and M&A advisors when you’re ready to go to market
- Coordination with your tax and legal counsel