Two questions decide your exit. Is the business ready to be owned by someone else — and are you ready to no longer own it?
Twenty statements in two parts. Part one reads the business. Part two reads you. The combination sorts you into one of five readiness states — and names the single move that takes you toward the next.
Rate each statement honestly:
Answer alone. Answer fast — first instinct. Nobody sees this but you, which is the only condition under which it's useful. It takes about four minutes.
Could someone else own this and have it keep working? Answer for the company as it stands today, not as you intend it to be.
Who are you the morning after the sale closes? This is the part most owners skip — and the part that decides whether a clean deal becomes a good year.
A short conversation about what your two scores mean for your timeline — and the highest-leverage next move from exactly where you stand.