Business Transition Roadmap with Elizabeth Ledoux · 2026-05-12 · 33 min
What would happen if someone called tomorrow with an offer to buy your business? Would you know what to do, or would you be scrambling to figure it out? Most owners spend decades building a company and only months trying to sell it. Tim Vorhoff, founding partner of CreoValo and author of Exit Right , has made it his mission to close that gap. In this episode, Tim and Elizabeth break down what actually goes into a successful external sale: what buyers evaluate, why your financials might be the single biggest dealbreaker, and what it looks like to build a business that can transfer to someone who's never set foot inside it. Tim shares stories from his work with mid-market and family-owned businesses. A court transcription company that sold for $16 million because the owners had stepped away 15 years earlier and the business kept growing. A friend who sold his auto repair business, traveled, bought everything he wanted, got bored, and opened another shop because the work itself was always the point. And a nine-figure revenue company that couldn't go to market because their accounting system couldn't break out revenue by service line.
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