Business exit strategy: How to build one out that drives growth

David Walters is the founder and CEO of Steam Powered Marketing. David and his team help business owners maximize the valuation of their company for a high payout exit.

Over 98% of business exits are for zero value. This is a tragedy as 60% of business owners start their company with the plan to sell their business to fund their retirement and for most business owners 85% of their net worth is in their business. David and his team help business owners with the goal of a 10x increase in exit value within 2 years.

Prior to starting Steam Powered Marketing, David was an Executive Officer Nuclear Submarine Disposal Group (Devonport) and Weapons Engineer Officer in the UK before working in nuclear emergency-related roles and crisis management types roles. He then went on to lead various projects for Siemens before launching his agency. 

In this episode, he shares how we can build a business exit strategy that works for us while driving growth. Insights he shares include:

• What is a business exit strategy and why consider it?
• What should be considered In an exit strategy
• Important questions to ask for your business exit strategy
• How to maximize valuations of your business and diversify valuations
• How exit strategies impact marketing strategies
• What questions to ask to determine whether we are ready to take our business to the next level
• Why an exit strategy requires an intentional culture in the organization
• When to start looking at assets that could potentially form profit centers
• How best to drive moonshot growth given the resources you currently have
• and much much more ....