You Built It. Can You Sell It?

4 Thoughts

1. The market doesn’t care how hard you worked.
   It cares how well your business works without you.

2. Every hour you stay in the weeds is an hour you're not building long-term value.

3. Legacy doesn't come from grind. It comes from structure.

4. The more your business depends on you, the less it's actually worth.

4 Lessons

1. Buyers pay for freedom.
   Not effort, not hustle…freedom. Show that your business prints without you and you’re in a different league.

2. Time away is the real test.
   If you can't walk away for 30 to 90 days without things breaking, it's not ready to sell, or scale.

3. Processes are more valuable than personality.
   You might be the face. But if you’re also the brain, the hands, and the engine, you’re the risk.

4. Revenue is a vanity metric.
   If it's tied to your time, it's a liability, not an asset.

4 Challenges

1. Audit your involvement.
   Write down everything only you can do in the business. If the list is long, that's the bottleneck.

2. Start building the handoff.
   Pick one area and begin delegating with systems. Train, document, and let go.

3. Track your time for 5 days.
   See where you're stuck in the weeds. Then build a plan to remove yourself from it.

4. Explore the DM Alliance.
   This is where real operators get around each other and build companies that scale without burnout.
   

Quote of the Week

“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” — Warren Buffett

Most businesses aren’t built.
They’re braced on the back of the owner.
That’s fine for survival, but it’s not a strategy for wealth.