Sell to a Trusted Employee

Keeping Businesses Locally Owned

Sell your business to
a trusted employee

We’ll support your trusted employee in buying you out. You get paid upfront, while keeping your business in good hands.

Benefits of selling to an employee

Retain your culture, reward your trusted employee, continue your reputation. Transferring to a key employee allows you to cash out, while keeping the business on the right track.

Get paid upfront. We’ll bring the capital to the table to fund the deal.

Retain your company culture by keeping ownership within the employee base. No private equity firm slashing jobs.

Strong employees make great owners. They’ve put in the time to learn the trade, now help them win as owners.

No dealing with long times on the market and tire kickers. Transferring to an employee allows you to exit on a faster timeline.

Stable transition. Unlike a first-time operator, employee transfers are more stable. Employees already know your customers and suppliers. They will uphold your reputation.

We work on your timeline

Introduction

We’ll start with an initial introduction. We want to hear your story, who the employee is and decide if the potential deal is a good fit for us.

Apply

We’ll ask for some basic information about the business as well as an introduction to the employee(s) planning on buying you out.

Transact

Once we sign an engagement, we’ll work with you to outline deal terms and line up funding. We invest our own money, but often recommend using an SBA loan as well.

Onward

We’ll get our hands dirty with building a transition plan, strategizing on announcing to other employees, and making sure the business grows to new heights.

What sets us apart

Not our first rodeo

We’ve worked with hundreds of small business entrepreneurs to buy and sell small businesses. We can help you exit your business on your terms to the ideal successor.

Fair market valuations

We review dozens of small businesses per week and understand that books can be messy. We will work with you to calculate the true cashflow of the business and ensure you receive a fair multiple on it.

Invest our own money

We’ll contribute cash towards the deal, to help the employee in buying you out. We’ll also come to the table with additional financing options if necessary.

Documents ready to go

Our firm has a set of transaction docs that you can use for the transfer. While we still recommend having an attorney review them, this can save you thousands in legal fees.

Who we work with

By keeping a high bar on the transactions we take on, we can ensure that we deliver on our promise to owners and employees.

Business requirements

We focus on enduring businesses, with decent cashflow and a strong reputation.

$250K of earnings per year

US-based business

No cannabis or cash-only industries

Selling to 1-4 employees

Employee requirements

We prioritize working with employees who have demonstrated leadership potential.

Current leader in the company

At least $10K of cash to invest

Strong personal credit score

Willing to personally guarantee

Partner with Mainshares
to pass the torch

$500 retainer

Remaining due at close

$25K transaction fee

Financed as part of the deal

Valuation

Advising on transaction

Sell to 1-4 employees

Multiple financing options

Form transaction docs

Transition plan

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