Find your rung in 10 questions, and the one thing to fix first.
Ten questions. A few minutes. It places you on one of the five readiness rungs and names the one thing to fix first. It does not value your business and it is not advice. It is a mirror.
No email needed to see your result. Nothing to upload.
Question 1 of 10
Proof · Question 1 of 10
Can you tie your last 12 months of earnings to your bank deposits, on paper?
Score yourself honestly. A 0 is a fine answer. It is what your first move is built from.
Proof · Question 2 of 10
Does every add-back you would claim have a document behind it (purpose, paper, payment)?
Revenue · Question 3 of 10
Is your largest customer’s share of revenue written down, by year, for three years?
Revenue · Question 4 of 10
Is your recurring revenue under signed agreements with dates, not handshakes?
Independence · Question 5 of 10
Has the business run a full week without you in the last year, with a record of it?
Independence · Question 6 of 10
Are the licenses, bonding, and key relationships held by someone besides you, in writing?
Continuity · Question 7 of 10
If you were gone tomorrow, could the people your documents name act on Monday, and do they know where the documents are?
Continuity · Question 8 of 10
Have your buy-sell and estate documents been reviewed against the business in the last three years?
Endgame · Question 9 of 10
Is your floor written down in after-tax dollars, dated, and shared with the person it touches most?
Endgame · Question 10 of 10
Have you turned a real or imagined offer into what it would actually pay, after tax and structure?
Your Readiness Score
Your first move
Your weakest letter
Get your 90-day work order
One letter, 90 days, in plain steps.
Your work order turns your weakest letter into the next 90 days of work, with your first move at the top. It opens right here when you enter your email.
Your work order, on screen right away. Save it as a PDF.
Plus Ron’s short weekly letter: one move a week, in the order your score says.
We keep your score, your rung and your weakest letter with your email. Your answers stay on this page.
Your 90-day work order
Score it again in 90 days. The number you would keep goes up whether you ever sell or not.
The Map is 11 yes-or-no questions. It shows your stage, your weakest spot and what it costs at the table, and your first free move, with a stage guide for your stage.
Education, not advice. This does not value your business; your floor, structure, and value are questions for your own CPA, attorney, and a qualified appraiser. From Ron’s articles in Forbes Business Council and Fast Company Executive Board.
Educational estimates only. Not an appraisal, valuation opinion, or tax, legal or investment advice. Your results depend on the numbers you enter and on facts we do not see. Talk to your own CPA and attorney before you act.