Exit On Top

09/02/2026

You have spent decades building your business. You have reinvested profits, survived slow years, and made payroll when it was hard.

And right now, the single largest financial asset you own is the one you know the least about. Most business owners have no idea what their company would actually sell for today. Not an estimate. Not a ballpark. What a professional buyer running real numbers would put on the table right now.

That gap is not a minor oversight. It is the most expensive blind spot in your financial life.

Find out what your business is worth today: https://exitontop.com/business-valuation-calculator/

08/27/2026

If your business carries debt and you are thinking about selling, here is the question you need answered before you do anything else: what happens to that debt at closing?

Most sellers assume it just goes away. It does not. Business debt gets resolved at closing in one of three ways and which path applies to your deal depends entirely on how the transaction is structured. Getting this wrong can reduce what you actually walk away with by a significant amount, and most owners do not find out until they are already at the closing table.

Do not let your debt become a surprise on closing day. Read this first.

Read the full guide:

Worried about what happens to your business debt at closing? Learn how liabilities are handled in a sale and how they affect your sale price.

08/26/2026

Tomorrow at 1:00 PM ET, ExitOnTop CEO Eric Togneri is going live and what he is covering could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to you.

You have spent years building your business. But are you building it the way a buyer would pay top dollar for it? Most owners are not. They find that out at the negotiating table when it is too late to change anything.

Join the Business Owner Series to learn exactly what drives business value, what buyers look for before they make an offer, and how to build a business so valuable buyers will compete to own it. Whether you are planning to sell in two years or ten, this is the information that changes what you walk away with.

It is completely free and seats are almost gone.

Secure your spot right now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017852707628/WN_dgfxp6R2SDuBEq837X0vdQ #/registration

08/24/2026

The owners who regret their exit almost always say the same thing: they wished they had started sooner.

The ones who do not have regrets started building toward their exit years before they were ready to sell. They used that time to reduce owner dependency, document their systems, diversify their customer base, and clean up their financials. By the time they sat down with a buyer, they had something worth competing for.

You have worked too hard and too long to find out at closing that you could have gotten more. Start now while you still have time to do something about it.

Find out where your valuation stands today: https://exitontop.com/business-valuation-calculator/

08/20/2026

Two business owners. Same industry. Same revenue. Same earnings.

One walked away with hundreds of thousands more than the other. Not because they worked harder. Not because they got lucky. Because they knew their number before a buyer told them what it was.

If you are planning to sell your business in the next one to five years, the single most important thing you can do today is understand what a buyer would actually pay for it right now. Every day you wait is another day you are making decisions without the most critical number in your financial future.

Find out where you stand right now: https://exitontop.com/business-valuation-calculator/

08/19/2026

If you have ever wondered whether you are building your business the right way, this is the session that answers that question.

Most business owners focus entirely on growing revenue. Buyers care about something very different. They look at how predictable your earnings are, how dependent the business is on you personally, and whether it can run without you after you leave. Those factors determine what they will pay. And most owners do not find out until they are already sitting across the table.

On Thursday, August 27 at 1:00 PM ET, ExitOnTop CEO Eric Togneri is going live for the Business Owner Series to walk you through the exact steps for building a business so valuable buyers will compete to own it. You will leave with a clear picture of what is driving your business valuation, what is quietly holding it back, and what you can do about it starting today.

This session is completely free, it is one hour, and seats are limited.

Register right now before it fills up: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017852707628/WN_dgfxp6R2SDuBEq837X0vdQ #/registration

08/18/2026

If you are thinking about selling your business in the next year or two, you need to read this today.

Most business owners dramatically underestimate how long a sale actually takes. The average lower middle market transaction takes seven to twelve months from the time the business is listed, and that does not even count the preparation phase that needs to happen before a buyer ever sees it. Owners who do not understand this timeline either rush the process and leave money on the table or miss the window they were planning for entirely.

Do not let the timeline catch you off guard. Know exactly what you are committing to before you start.

Read the full guide:

Most business owners underestimate how long a sale takes. Here is a realistic stage-by-stage timeline from preparation to closing.

08/17/2026

Tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET, one hour could change how you think about everything you have built.

Most business owners spend decades growing their company without ever understanding what a buyer would actually pay for it. And when they finally find out, it is almost always at the worst possible moment with no time left to do anything about it.

Tomorrow, ExitOnTop CEO Eric Togneri is going live for the Business Owner Series to show you the exact roadmap for building a business so valuable buyers will compete to own it. The five value drivers that move your number. What buyers look for before they make an offer. And what you can start doing today regardless of when you plan to sell.

This is happening tomorrow. Seats are almost gone and this does not happen every week.

This is your last chance to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017852708403/WN_Dkpz5Z-ZStCze7O7cHLUPg #/registration

08/13/2026

If a buyer ever offers you a base price plus additional payments tied to future performance, you need to understand exactly what you are agreeing to before you say yes.

An earnout sounds like extra money. Sometimes it is. More often it is a way for buyers to shift risk back onto the seller after closing. Once you hand over the keys, you lose control of the decisions that determine whether you ever see that additional payment. And most sellers do not find out how much that matters until it is too late to renegotiate.

Understand exactly what you are agreeing to before you sign anything.

Read the full guide:

An earnout can close a valuation gap or cost you hundreds of thousands. Learn how earnouts work, when they make sense, and the risks before you sign.

08/12/2026

Every year you wait to start your exit strategy is a year you cannot get back.

The business owners who walk away with the most money are not the ones who started preparing when they were ready to sell. They started two to three years before anyone knew they were thinking about it. That runway is what gave them time to close value gaps, reduce owner dependency, and build something buyers competed for.

If you are thinking about selling your business in the next few years, the time to understand your number and start building toward a better one is right now. Not next year. Not when you feel ready. Now.

See what your business is worth today: https://exitontop.com/business-valuation-calculator/