Exit-Ready Program

Get your Business Exit-Ready in
24 Months or Less

You’ve worked hard to build the business. Now it’s time to make sure it can run without relying on you every day - and become a valuable asset you can sell, hand over, or step back from.

Harry Raftos and David Crook from Momentum Business Improvement
David Crook and Harry Raftos, Momentum Business Improvement
Momentum Business Improvement coaching session
The real problem

You’ve built the business - but it still depends too much on you

Many successful business owners reach a point where the business is working quite well...but it only works because they are still there...and for way too many hours. This also means it is not yet truly saleable or transferable.

  • You’re still pulled into too many day-to-day decisions.
  • The team relies on you to solve too many problems.
  • Profit and cash flow are good, but inconsistent if you're not tere to drive them.
  • The business is not yet be ready to sell, hand over, or run without you.
  • You know you need to step back - but you’re not sure exactly how to do it.
Your guide

We understand what it takes to make a business less dependent on the owner

For over 25 years, Momentum Business Improvement has helped business owners set clearer direction and build stronger teams, better systems, and more predictable profits. Our role is simple - to help you turn the business you’ve built into a business that is more valuable, more transferable and less reliant on you.

25 years in business We've helped hundreds of owners escape the daily grind of their business.
Practical coaching, not theory Clear plans, honest conversations and action-focused implementation.
Established Australian SMEs Experience with real businesses, real teams and real owner pressure.
Profit, people, systems and freedom The key areas that make a business stronger, more valuable and less dependent on the owner.
Momentum Business Improvement working with business owners.
The plan

A practical plan to make your business Exit-Ready

Three step Exit-Ready plan
Step 1

Diagnose

We work with you to identify the gaps that are keeping the business too dependent on you.

Step 2

Build the One-Page Plan

Together we create a focused action plan around maximising profit and cashflow, implementing/tuning simple systems, and maximising your team's performance and productivity.

Step 3

Execute with accountability

We coach you through implementing the plan step-by-step, so that your plan results in the reality of a business that works without you trapped in it.

The program

How the Exit-Ready Program works

The first month is built around three practical Zoom sessions where we guide you to:

  1. Understand the roadblocks stopping you from exiting.
  2. Unpack the entire Momentum Exit-Ready System that is designed to smash through these blocks, challenge the current situation, and as a result,
  3. Build your first One-Page “90-Day Sprint Plan”.

From there, we move into fortnightly 1:1 coaching sessions to ensure you implement the plan, strengthen the business, and make steady progress toward becoming exit-ready.

What we focus on

  • Clarifying the owner’s exit or step-back goal
  • Improving profit and cash flow predictability
  • Reducing owner dependence
  • Strengthening team accountability and leadership
  • Building systems that make the business more transferable
Zoom coaching session showing a 90-Day Sprint Plan
Practical Zoom coaching sessions that turn the plan into implementation.
Success

What an Exit-Ready Business looks like

You’ve spent years building the business. Now let’s build it into something that gives you options.

  • The business is not dependent on the owner for every decision.
  • The team is clearer, more capable and more accountable.
  • Systems are documented and consistently followed.
  • Profit and cash flow are more predictable.
  • The owner has genuine options - sell, hand over, bring in management, or step back.
  • The business has become a more valuable and transferable asset.
Confident business owner in a grass-roots business setting
A stronger, more transferable business gives the owner genuine options.
The risk

The risk of waiting too long

Many owners leave exit planning too late. By the time they decide they want out, the business still depends on them, the team isn’t ready, the systems are patchy, and the value is lower than it should be.

The earlier you start, the more options you create.

Business owner feeling stressed and behind, with deadlines and paperwork building up
Leaving it too late can reduce options and keep the business too dependent on the owner.
Next step

Ready to find out how exit-ready your business really is?

Book a short Exit-Ready call with David or Harry. We’ll talk through where your business is now, what needs to change, and whether the program is the right fit both ways.

Book an Exit-Ready Call
Harry Raftos and David Crook from Momentum Business Improvement
Book a short call with David or Harry to see if the Exit-Ready Program is the right fit.

You’ve spent years building the business.
Now let’s build it into something that gives you options.

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The Exit-Ready Program