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Value Builder

Build a Valuable and Sellable Business

As a business owner, you’re familiar with the challenges and complexities that come with steering your company day to day, but have you considered the transformative power of picturing your endgame? This simple yet strategic action is more than just setting a goal; it’s about creating a clear roadmap for your entrepreneurial journey.

The Michigan SBDC Growth Team has expert consultants ready to guide you through The Value Builder System™, a statistically proven methodology for designing your roadmap and increasing the value of your business.

Work with a Growth Team Consultant to get your Value Builder Score

Whether you want to sell your business now or decade into the future, getting your Value Builder Score will allow you to:

  • Diagnose what may be holding you back from creating a company that can fully thrive without you
  • See how an acquirer would evaluate your business, enabling you to focus today on what will be important down the road
  • Identify hidden things that may quietly drag down the value of your business so you can eliminate them before they become a problem
  • Pinpoint the part of you business that will have the most value to an acquirer so you can invest more resources in areas likely to be most attractive to an investor or acquirer.

I would highly recommend the Michigan SBDC for help in succession planning. I attended their ‘How to Buy and Sell a Business’ workshop before I was ready to sell, and then revisited the information when the time was right. I learned how necessary a good succession plan is for every small business, and got the resources I needed to make it happen.Jill Batka, former owner of Norton Shores company