Owner Dependency Audit

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20 questions that reveal how dependent your business is on you and what that costs you at exit.

If your business can't run without you, a buyer won't pay full price for it. Owner dependency is one of the biggest silent valuation killers, and most owners don't realize how deep it runs until it's too late.

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What It Is

The Owner Dependency Audit is a 20-question self-assessment that scores your dependency risk across 5 categories. In under 15 minutes, you'll know exactly how tied your business is to you and what it's costing you in enterprise value.

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What You’ll Get

Can Your Business Survive Without You

  • Identify which parts of your business are over-reliant on you personally

  • Score your dependency risk across operations, sales, finance, and leadership

  • Understand the direct link between owner dependency and valuation discounts

  • Get a prioritized action list to start decoupling your role from the business

  • Know what a buyer's due diligence team will find before they find it

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Who This Is For / Not For

WHO IT'S FOR:

  • Business owners preparing for a future sale

  • Founders building toward scalable operations

  • CEOs who want to increase enterprise value now

NOT FOR:

  • Businesses with zero exit plans

  • Operators not interested in scalability

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No fluff. No cost. Just clarity on where you stand.

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