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Business exit planning: the complete guide

A complete guide to business exit planning for Australian owners — defining your goal, knowing your number, choosing an exit route, building value, tax, your team…

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Selling
How to sell your share of a business

How to sell your share of a business — pre-emptive rights, who can buy, valuing a partial interest,…

7 min read
Preparation
How to prepare your business for sale: a checklist

A checklist for preparing a business for sale — clean financials, reducing owner dependence, revenue quality, contracts and…

8 min read
Exit planning
Business exit strategies: the five main options compared

The five main business exit strategies compared — family transfer, trade sale, management/employee buy-out, staged sell-down and wind-down…

8 min read
Selling
How to sell your business with a broker

Selling a business with a broker — what they do stage by stage, when a broker makes sense,…

7 min read
Succession
Selling your business to an employee

How to sell a business to an employee — sounding out the buyer, agreeing a fair price, funding…

7 min read
Succession
Family business succession planning

Family business succession planning — choosing a successor among your children, fair vs equal, transfer structures, family governance,…

9 min read
Exit planning
Business exit planning: the complete guide

A complete guide to business exit planning for Australian owners — defining your goal, knowing your number, choosing…

13 min read
Preparation
Exit planning advisers: what they do and when to hire one

What an exit adviser actually does — bringing clarity to your selling goal, an honest read on your…

7 min read
Tax & Structure
The 2026 CGT reforms: what they mean for selling your business

What the 2026 CGT reforms mean for selling a business: the small business concessions kept and improved, the…

7 min read
Timing
When should I start planning my exit?

Why the best exits begin two to three years out, why starting early doesn't commit you to selling,…

9 min read
Valuation
How to increase your business valuation before you sell

The eight levers that increase a business valuation before sale — reducing owner dependence, systematising sales, recurring revenue,…

12 min read
Selling
Business broker fees in Australia: what you’ll pay

Business broker fees in Australia explained — typical commission, the other costs of selling, and how to choose…

6 min read