The Business Value Booster Program
Begin reclaiming control of your business and your future in just 12 weeks.
Own your business instead of it owning you.
About Douglas Brown
Douglas Brown has over 25 years as a business owner and consultant. As a business broker he became frustrated meeting hundreds of owners who had waited too late and were unprepared, so that their businesses were unsellable and just closed their doors. He shifted his efforts to making sure that owners know how to prepare their businesses so that this doesn't happen again.
Douglas specializes in helping entrepreneurs aged 46 to 65 get realistic about their goals for themselves and their businesses and then to do something about it. His unique Business Value Booster Method helps owners take practical steps to make their businesses more profitable, free up their time for for the most valued activities (and family!), and make sure their business will be a capital asset in the future.
Douglas has a mission of making sure that he doesn't have to tell any more small business owners that they have waited too long to take action and their business cannot be sold (just like 87 percent of all owners). His intent for his coaching program is that participants will learn how to avoid that outcome, develop a plan for the outcomes they want and need, and will take the first concrete steps towards improving and building their company's value.
The Business Value Booster ProgramSub-Headline
Begin reclaiming control of your business and your future in just 12 weeks.
Own your business instead of it owning you.
MODULE ONE
Assert Your Ownership
OUTCOME
Clarity on what you expect your business to do for you.
DESCRIPTION
Go beyond the trivial goal of just 'making money' to gain clarity on what you want that money for, how much money you need by when to achieve your goals, and your options for getting it.
MODULE TWO
Understand Market Realities
OUTCOME
Clarity on what your business must achieve and what is possible in your niche.
DESCRIPTION
Learn and use tools to specify what your business must achieve to meet your goals as an owner, determine how probable that level of achievement is for a business in your niche, and if necessary recalibrate the goals for the business (or for you).
MODULE THREE
Look in the Mirror
OUTCOME
Clarity on risks your business faces in current operations and future salability.
DESCRIPTION
Learn how the market will value your business. Apply tools to determine where yours stands in its niche. Identify critical factors that will prevent you from selling in the future and pose an imminent risk to your operations today.
MODULE FOUR
Know Where You Stand
OUTCOME
Get specific on the impacts your business issues are having on current income and future value.
DESCRIPTION
Calculate the likely value of the business today and its likely profitability and value once improved. Determine the ROI of making those improvements. Start preparing your staff and - scariest of all - let your family in on the secret.
MODULE FIVE
Pick Your Steps
OUTCOME
Determine the most valuable steps to start your improvement journey.
DESCRIPTION
Determine the ROI of specific improvement steps and choose those that will deliver the most bank for the buck early. Develop an outline implementation program.
MODULE SIX
Commit to Action
OUTCOME
Make a decision as to whether to move forward with implementations and where to begin. Schedule meetings with your staff, family, and stakeholders.
DESCRIPTION
Prepare your business for a future sale by understanding market positioning and business valuation. This knowledge allows you to strategize ways to make your business more appealing to potential buyers.
MODULE SEVEN
Bring in the Team
OUTCOME
Tell your team (and other stakeholders) what the high-level plan is and gain their support.
DESCRIPTION
Work with your coach to prepare for a meeting with your team to explain your high-level plan and their roles in developing it in more detail and carrying it out.
MODULE EIGHT
Let the Team Lead
OUTCOME
Team members define specific actions to achieve the company goals.
DESCRIPTION
Team members explain how they will carry out their roles or improve processes needed to achieve the company goals, feasible timelines, and resources needed.
MODULE NINE
Make It Real
OUTCOME
A quarterly and annual plan of realistic, cost-effective actions.
DESCRIPTION
Team members review their plans and adjust them to be realistic in view of business and financial constraints. The company commits to goals for the coming year and the next quarter and to selected short-term (2-3 week) actions.
MODULE TEN
Measure What Counts
OUTCOME
Decide how to measure progress.
DESCRIPTION
Gain a collective understanding of measuring outcomes (vs. measures of activity). Decide on the measures to be used for the actions in the improvement program.
MODULE ELEVEN
Change the Rules
OUTCOME
Identify and adjust business decision rules that impact the success of the improvement.
DESCRIPTION
Based on the preliminary efforts on 'easy" tasks, identify business processes and practices that need to be adjusted to make further improvements quicker and more successful.
MODULE TWELVE
Review and Re-commit
OUTCOME
Review the progress on the 'easy' tasks and adjust the quarterly and annual plans if needed. Commit together to move forward with the plan - or, if necessary, to stop and rebuild a more practical plan.
DESCRIPTION
Conclude by building resilience and preparing strategies to face future challenges confidently. This new chapter of your life will be approached with confidence and a solid plan for success.
Who is it for?
- A small business owner between the age of 46 and 65.
- Feeling overworked and struggle to find time for relaxation or family.
- Eager to make your business more profitable and potentially sellable in the future.
Who is it not for?
- Outside the age range of 46-65 years.
- Not a small business owner.
- Willing to accept the risk of having something happen and ending up with no current income and being unable to sell, just when you need the money the most.
Unleash Business Success
Tailored strategies for overburdened Small Business Owners.
Boost your profits, reclaim your time, and make sure your business is ready to sell (just in case).
Unleash Business Success
Tailored strategies for overburdened Small Business Owners.
Boost your profits, reclaim your time, and make sure your business is ready to sell (just in case).
