If you are a small business owner working over 50 hours a week
You are not in a great place, but you are now in the right placeWhat you are doing is not the path to success.
And there is another way.
Owning a small business can be very lucrative and very rewarding personally. It is also a great platform to achieve your real goals: family, community, life interests.
But if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
For too many owners, the business has taken over.
- Long hours, nights, weekends
- Missed family time and events
- Constantly fighting fires, dealing with the crisis of the day
- Customer issues, supplier issues, employee issues.
- No way you’re taking off for 30 days or even 7 days (no matter what you told your family)
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone: 75% of owners are doing the same thing.
But it doesn’t work: 85% of owner will end up walking away with nothing.
Stick around and learn how to make your business both valuable and enjoyable (and some cautionary tales of how to avoid turning it into an endless nightmare).
Welcome to Business Value Booster LLC !
I’m Douglas Brown
I’m a business advisor and certified business appraiser.
My mission is to help you:
- Escape the overwork trap
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Operate a business that you can enjoy and earn enough to meet your objectives
This Business Value Booster site is ONLY about helping current owners improve their businesses.
If you want to:
- Get an appraisal (certified or informal)
- Buy a business
- Sell a business within the next 12 months
Please visit our sister company, Decision Integration LLC.
What You Should Know About Me
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At West Point, the most important trait you can have is absolute hon
esty.
I didn’t have to get that drilled into me; a cadet doesn’t survive to graduate if this isn’t part of who they are. When you have your life, or your life savings, on the line, you need someone who is going to tell you what you need to know, not what you want to hear.
For over 25 years, I’ve helped executives improve their organizations and their results.
I’ve been a business broker and worked with over 100 buyers and sellers (and for many of them, we decided it would be best for them to go in a different direction altogether).
I’ve also owned and sold my own business. I’ve walked your mile, and I’ve also learned a few tricks along the way.
I strive for quality, not volume. I don’t take on more clients than I can handle, and I only work with those who are serious about their goals or their businesses. If that’s you, take a look at my Starter Kit to see whether my approach to business value makes sense to you.
I’m not going to waste your time with a long string of emails, newsletters, and so on, all aimed at signing you up for a program.
What you want to know is whether I am a real advisor who might be useful for you, or just another internet marketer.
So I developed a detailed Starter Kit to tell you more about how I work and what kind of problem I help you solve.
It’s got a few videos where I explain my approach, and some diagnostic tools to help you assess where you’re starting from and where you want to end up. After seeing those elements in action, you’ll have a flavor of what working with me might be like (instead of relying on marketeer “I’ll 10x your business” hype). If I seem to be offering solutions to your challenges, and we seem to be on the same page as far as basic objectives and values, maybe we are a good fit. Or not. That’s the whole point.
If and when you decide it’s worth your time to pursue this further, you initiate the process, not me.
It’s all up to you.
Success Stories
The owner of a brewery had lost money for years; it was worth nothing but what the equipment would fetch at auction. We worked to find a way to generate added revenue from the customers who came in, and to improve the direction and results of the marketing efforts. Eventually the owner chose to decline an offer to purchase for $200,000 because, on top of now making money, the business had started to be fun again!
The owner of a very small tour guide company was literally carrying the business to the dumpster. Instead, we worked to solidify the roles of the team so as not to depend on the owner to operate, which then allowed additional sales of related items. It didn’t turn into a Fortune 500 company, but it did provide a nice check at closing – way better than throwing it all in the dumpster!
A consulting company owner went through cycles of fast growth followed by burnout. She wanted to sell but the company was worth very little. She worked with me to qualify additional staff to deliver the programs and to shift her focus to building new customer relationships. Today the business would sell for $1 million – but now she doesn’t want to!