A Little Pep Talk

Building a business that is saleable can feel overwhelming. 

We read about these massive exits:

Google to Buy Mandiant, a Cybersecurity Firm, for $5.4 Billion

Bayer to sell pest control business Environmental Science to Cinven for $2.6B

Wolters Kluwer to acquire International Document Services for $70M

Headlines like these lead us to believe that selling a business is just for the big guys.  Don’t believe the hype.  With the right preparation, every business -- even a service based business -- even a business that was started based on trading your time for money -- has the potential to be saleable. 

I’m here to tell you that intellectual property isn’t just for the big guys.  You create intellectual property every day. 

Every time you write a blog post. 

Every time you make a presentation. 

Every time you create SOPs for your team. 

This newsletter. 

Every time you share your intellect, you are creating intellectual property. 

Creating a scalable and saleable business doesn’t require software or patents or any other capital intensive investments.  It is simple -- make sure you own and control all of that intellectual property you create every day using your intellect.