Your Business Exit Blueprint

We have created something really tasty here... and it's yours for free.


Your plan is in your head, it's now time to get it out of your head and WRITTEN down.  This planner is your first step in creating your exit journey, your exit story. 


Your business may be valued on its financial performance, but it's true VALUE lies within the Growth Potential... let's find out what that REALLY is.



Your Business Exit Planner BLUEPRINT

This is where building your Exit Story begins.  This Blueprint will take between 20-30minutes to complete.  We strongly advise looking through all the sections and familiarising yourself with all the content and questions.


Depending on your exit timeline, you can select and create either a 5 year vision or a 10 year vision.  Be as descriptive as you can with the answers, this is YOUR plan, it's YOUR story, it's YOUR journey, plan it well.


At the end, download a Word Document version, this is YOUR Blueprint, you now know what action you need to take to start PLANNING your business exit journey.


To build a credible story and growth journey, be sure to back up all your claims and forecasts with provable facts.



The Exit Plan Blueprint
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Exit Blueprint

Build a believable, evidence-backed growth story that makes your business more desirable to a buyer without wandering into fantasy spreadsheet territory.
Build. Grow. Exit. Properly.

1. Business Snapshot

Start with where the business is now. Buyers do not buy fairy dust. They buy evidence, assets, systems, profit and believable opportunity.

2. Choose the Blueprint Period

Choose whether this is a sharper 5-year plan or a longer 10-year strategic blueprint.

The aim is not to claim the next owner can magically double everything by Tuesday. The aim is to show where growth could come from, what evidence supports it, and how it could realistically be achieved.

3. Proof Before Potential

This section gives the blueprint credibility. The stronger the proof, the less it smells like hopeful nonsense.

4. Growth Opportunities

Add the realistic routes to growth. Each one should have a reason, evidence, and a route to delivery.

5. Plausibility Test

Every opportunity must survive the “would a buyer believe this?” test.

Weak phrases to avoid: “huge potential”, “just needs marketing”, “easy growth”, “new owner could just grow it”. Buyers hear that and mentally reach for the big red discount button.

6. Year-by-Year Growth Plan

Add realistic annual figures and the actions behind them. Figures without method are just numbers wearing a cheap suit.

7. Buyer Excitement

Translate the opportunity into buyer language.

8. Risks and Assumptions

A balanced plan is more believable than a glossy sales pitch with jazz hands.

9. Report

Preview the finished blueprint, then download a Word document.

Report preview

Complete the sections, then click Preview Report.
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