Make your business sale-ready.
A buyer pays for a business that runs without you. We make sure it does, and that you can prove it.
Book a call about selling your businessFrom risk to sale-ready
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Today, your business lives in your head.
You know the prices, the customers and the agreements. The rest is scattered across paper, Excel and email. As long as you're there, it works.
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A buyer mostly sees risk.
What he can't check, he doesn't count. And if everything depends on you, he asks for a hefty discount, or walks away.
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We look inside your head and your business.
What you know and what is scattered, we bring into one system: prices, customers, agreements and how everything works.
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We put your figures straight.
Private and business separated, one-off costs set apart, everything tracked monthly. A buyer then sees your real profit, and believes it.
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Your business runs without you.
A buyer sees a business that runs on its own, with figures that add up. He pays more for it than you expected.
Example
Sale-ready
Why SMEs sell below their value
In many SMEs, prices, customer agreements and the entire process live in the owner's head. There's no system to take over. For a buyer that's a risk, and you pay for it.
More efficient
We map your processes and automate them. A business that runs smoothly is worth more.
Data that builds trust
Your systems deliver reliable, up-to-date figures. That makes due diligence smoother and your negotiating position stronger.
Less dependent on you
What's in your head today will be in the system tomorrow. That removes the key-person risk that otherwise means a discount or a deal that falls through.
Sale-ready
How the track works
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Exit scan
We look at your business through a buyer's eyes: where the risk is, what depends on you, which figures are missing.
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Plan
A concrete plan: which processes we capture and automate, and which data we build up.
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Build and capture
We build the systems, with a meeting every week. Knowledge moves out of heads and into software.
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Ready for the deal
Your business runs on systems and delivers the figures a buyer wants to see.
Sale-ready
Two ways to work together
As a partner
PODAS takes a minority stake of less than 10% and works with you towards the sale. Our interests are aligned: we're only truly rewarded when your sale succeeds.
As a project
A clearly scoped track with clear agreements upfront, like every PODAS project: we make your business sale-ready, you keep 100%.
Why PODAS
Vincent Van Tilborg combines experience in M&A and business valuation with building software. He knows what a buyer wants to see, and he builds it too. One point of contact, from the first scan to the deal.
Who it's for
For owners who plan to sell or hand over their business in the coming years, and want to get the most out of it.
Book a call about selling your business