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Build enterprise value today
So you can exit on your own terms tomorrow
Eight out of ten founder-led companies will fail to scale sufficiently, attract outside capital, or transition to new ownership. Sixty percent of founders who do execute a sale express regret with their exit outcomes.
We work with founders to systematically increase the business value and deal viability (i.e. “sellability”) of their businesses. We empower entrepreneurs with the tools, tactics, and strategies needed to fashion more resilient, autonomous, and valuable businesses – whether or not they choose to sell. When you’ve optimized your business to the point where people are eager to acquire it and pay the maximum price, it means you’ve created a powerful set of options for yourself.
Cypress Advisors employs a proven methodology that increases enterprise value and sustains market interest. We collaborate with you to materially improve your value drivers, position you for a higher valuation, and help you remove obstacles that often scuttle otherwise promising deals. Even if an exit is years away, our approach empowers you with options of your choosing. It levels the playing field and puts you in the driver’s seat for the negotiation of your most valuable asset.
8 out of 10 founder-led companies will fail to scale sufficiently, attract capital, or transition to new ownership.
60% of owners who execute a sale will express regret with their exit outcomes.
The 8 Drivers of Company Value
- Financial Performance
- Scalability
- Freedom from dependencies and reliances
- Capital Efficiency
- Consistency and predictability of revenue
- Monopolies, defenses and differentiations
- Purpose, engagement and satisfaction
- Organizational Autonomy
The Value Acceleration Process
THE SCORECARD — Our Value Acceleration process starts with a sellability scorecard that helps you understand how well your business currently measures up in terms of the eight Value Drivers described above. It is a process of discovery and dialogue designed to identify sources of risk and impediments to value.
THE ROADMAP — The results of the above scorecard help us to establish priorities and objectives for improvement, while also serving as the starting point for building and delivering a fully integrated financial model of your business. This quantitative and analytical tool combines accounting, finance, and business metrics to create an abstract representation of your company’s past, its present, and its future. Our model will help you benchmark your company against thousands of peer firms as well as companies comparable to yours that trade in the public markets. It will also help establish expectations around present and future value.
THE ENGAGEMENT — Our twelve unit Value Accelerator engagements introduce you to new tools and tailored action plans designed to deliver material improvements to your value drivers. Our close collaboration will enable us to refine the analytical and predictive capability of your financial model, while transparently measuring you and your team’s progress toward a better valuation. You will enjoy greater visibility into your company’s future. You will have a powerful tool to keep you and your team accountable to a plan. You will build measurable intrinsic value into your company and you will enjoy the freedom to choose the who, how and when of your exit.
Measure your company's exit potential
Our Value Attributes Assessment –based on the 8 Drivers Framework– can tell you where your company stands on the road to an extraordinary exit outcome.
EXIT PLANNING — Extraordinary exits don’t happen by chance. Explore what it takes to build enterprise value today, so you can exit on your own terms tomorrow.
Measure your company's exit potential
Our Value Attributes Assessment –based on the 8 Drivers Framework– can tell you where your company stands on the road to an extraordinary exit outcome.
EXIT PLANNING — Extraordinary exits don’t happen by chance. Explore what it takes to build enterprise value today, so you can exit on your own terms tomorrow.
Get in Touch
Book a time below for an informal conversation about what’s on the horizon for your founder-led or family owned business.
Get in Touch
Book a time below for an informal conversation about what’s on the horizon for your founder-led or family owned business.