You Can Sell The Business: Without Selling Your Identity (Ep:6)

What happens when the company you built can finally run without you—and you’re not sure who you are without it? We go straight at the emotional core of exit planning: detaching identity from the business, making decisions on facts instead of feelings, and designing a life that pulls you forward the moment you sign.

We share founder stories of “the exit wall,” where stalling, overpricing, and micromanaging buyers mask grief and fear of status loss. Then we lay out the tools that shift everything: parallel paths for business, personal, and financial goals; a value phase that asks who you are without titles; and the ikigai framework to align purpose with income and impact. Along the way, we draw powerful parallels to athletes facing retirement and explain how to avoid the post-sale limbo that leads to isolation or depression by building fulfillment long before the deal.

This conversation also gets practical about valuation. Buyers don’t just pay for revenue and EBITDA—they pay for people, process, culture, and a leadership bench that reduces key-person risk. We break down our 72-point assessment, why human and social capital can lift multiples, and how systems let you work on the business, not in it. And yes, we talk legacy: many owners choose buyers who will protect their teams, even if a bigger check is on the table, because peace of mind is part of a great outcome.

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