“How come you never told me any of this?” the business owner asked. “How come you never asked?” the broker replied.
At The Affordable Business Partner, we use a modern, practical approach to selling independent businesses—combining the proven fundamentals of traditional brokerage with the structured, system‑driven methods used by successful franchise brands.
We do everything that an advisor, marketer, broker and coach should do.
We know first hand from working with independent business owners that they can contribute so much to the success of their business sale and one of the reasons why we created BizPlanSell.
We developed BizPlanSell over a three‑year period based on:
- 45 years of experience buying, selling, and reselling businesses
- Ownership of a business brokerage service
- Interactions with landlords, lawyers, accountants, lenders, and other brokers
- Our involvement in hundreds of business sales
BizPlanSell is not theory.
It’s not a marketing slogan.
It’s a practical, common‑sense selling system built from what works—and from learning where business sales most often go wrong.
BizPlanSell Helps Businesses Sell Themselves
BizPlanSell blends proven “old‑school” business selling principles with a modern, system‑based approach.
BizPlanSell is not theory. It’s not a marketing slogan. It’s a practical, common-sense series of business selling processes that has worked for us, and from lessons learned on why business sales go wrong.
It Starts With: A Free Business Selling Assessment & Valuation
We start every business selling relationship with owners by offering a Free Business Selling Assessment.
An Assessment allows you to start off on the right foot by:
• Looking at your business through the eyes of a buyer, the one writing the cheque
• Having an opportunity to talk to an experienced small independent business seller.
• Providing you with answers to all your business selling questions
• Identify possible areas of concerns buyers may have
BizPlanSell Helps Businesses Sell Themselves
BizPlanSell is a structured series of steps designed to:
- Organize your business
- Present it clearly
- Position it in a way buyers understand and trust
It Covers:
- Business Preparation...Documentation & Organization
- Financial Clarity & Normalization
- Operational Outline
- Marketing
- Buyer Management
- Negotiation & Deal Structuring
- Closing & Transition Support
- Buyer Training & Onboarding
BizPlanSell Includes:
• Step by Step business selling system that we work through together
• Step-by-step educational PDFs throughout the sale
• Practical checklists and Templates
• Scheduled virtual review calls throughout the sale
• Unlimited phone access throughout the entire selling process
Here’s what we do for you
- Prepare your business so it’s buyer‑ready
- Provide you with a series of easy to follow checklists
- Schedule Virtual Review calls throughout the entire sale that helps us stay on track, and make better decisions.
- Set a fair, realistic asking price based on market realities
- Handle the marketing, the screening, and the confidentiality
- Bring only qualified buyers to your table
- Guide you through meetings, offers, and negotiations
- Keep everything steady, organized, and moving forward
- Support you right through to closing day
We prepare it, package it, present it, and partner with you to sell it properly.
If you’d like to learn how The Affordable Business Partner and BizPlanSell can help you start your business sale off on the right foot—drop me a line.
Thanks for stopping by,
Gil
The Affordable Business Partner
Helping Businesses Sell Themselves