Joel Adam SmithFree tools
Practical answers before you buy or sell
These tools answer the questions that come before a transaction: what a firm may be worth, how ready it is, what a buyer may notice and what an acquisition budget could support.
Every tool runs in your browser. Nothing is saved, no email is needed and nothing is shared with anyone.
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The buyer's-eye view
The eight areas a buyer quietly grades before they ever talk about price, and what a good answer looks like in each one.
Read the buyer's-eye viewIf you own the business
Worth doing in order, though each one stands on its own.
What might my business be worth?
Indicative value calculator
A broad range buyers may consider, and the things that push a business toward the top or the bottom of it.
Start 3 minutes
Is the business actually ready for a buyer?
Sellability score
A score out of 100 across the eight areas a buyer tests, with your strengths, the likely concerns and three priorities.
Start 2 minutes
What could scare a buyer away?
What would a buyer worry about?
The handful of things a buyer is likely to raise, what they see, why they care and what they would rather see instead.
Start 4 minutes
How much still runs through me?
Owner dependence calculator
Where the business leans on you across sales, clients, operations, finance and delivery, and what a month away would look like.
Start 4 minutes
What might I actually keep?
Sale proceeds calculator
Headline price down to indicative net proceeds, and what another $100,000 of value would be worth to you.
Start 3 minutes
If you are looking to buy
What your funding supports, and whether the business in front of you fits.
Useful from either side
For the questions that sit before a decision.
Would these two businesses actually fit together?
Buyer and seller fit
Fit across service mix, clients, systems, culture, strategy and transition. Useful from either side of the table.
Start 4 minutes
Should I be selling, holding or buying?
Sell, hold or acquire
A short read on readiness, appetite and timing, and which of the three your answers currently lean toward.
Start 3 minutes
Rather just talk it through?
If a result raised a question, send it over. I will tell you how a buyer is likely to read it. Confidential, no pressure, nothing said to staff, customers or the market.
Email JoelI reply personally. Nothing is said to staff, customers, or the market until you decide it is time.
This is an indicative guide built from the answers you gave. It is not a formal valuation, and it is not financial, legal or tax advice. Every business sells on its own facts.