Retirement Planning Resource
Retirement Planning Resource
Retirement Planning Resource
How to Sell Your Business Guidebook
How to Sell Your Business Guidebook
This guide is for business owners nearing retirement who want a clearer path forward. Inside, you’ll find practical insights to help you prepare your business for sale, understand what drives value, and start thinking about what comes next.



What You'll Get
What You'll Get
What You'll Get
Practical steps to prepare your business and yourself for a successful sale.
Clarify Your Motivation
Understand the personal and financial reasons behind your sale—and how that shapes your entire process.
Clarify Your Motivation
Understand the personal and financial reasons behind your sale—and how that shapes your entire process.
Clarify Your Motivation
Understand the personal and financial reasons behind your sale—and how that shapes your entire process.
Assess and Prepare Your Business
Learn how to evaluate your business’s financial health, operations, and legal standing to attract the right buyers.
Assess and Prepare Your Business
Learn how to evaluate your business’s financial health, operations, and legal standing to attract the right buyers.
Assess and Prepare Your Business
Learn how to evaluate your business’s financial health, operations, and legal standing to attract the right buyers.
Explore Valuation Basics
Get familiar with common valuation methods and what buyers are really looking for.
Explore Valuation Basics
Get familiar with common valuation methods and what buyers are really looking for.
Explore Valuation Basics
Get familiar with common valuation methods and what buyers are really looking for.
Understand Buyer Types
Learn how to evaluate different kinds of buyers—from private equity to family members—and find the best fit.
Understand Buyer Types
Learn how to evaluate different kinds of buyers—from private equity to family members—and find the best fit.
Understand Buyer Types
Learn how to evaluate different kinds of buyers—from private equity to family members—and find the best fit.
Plan for the Transition
Prepare for what comes after the sale: leadership handoff, team communication, and life beyond ownership.
Plan for the Transition
Prepare for what comes after the sale: leadership handoff, team communication, and life beyond ownership.
Plan for the Transition
Prepare for what comes after the sale: leadership handoff, team communication, and life beyond ownership.
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All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. There is no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful. For a comprehensive review of your personal situation, always consult with a tax or legal advisor. Neither Cetera Advisor Networks LLC nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice.
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Fulcrum Wealth Advisors
10940 NE 33rd Pl.
Suite #210
Bellevue, WA 98004
(877) 400-0260
info@fulcrumwa.com
Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA's BrokerCheck →
Registered Representatives offering securities and advisory services through Cetera Advisor Networks LLC (doing insurance business in CA as CFGAN Insurance Agency LLC), member FINRA/SIPC, a broker/dealer and a Registered Investment Adviser.
Individuals affiliated with Cetera firms are either Registered Representatives who offer only brokerage services and receive transaction-based compensation (commissions), Investment Adviser Representatives who offer only investment advisory services and receive fees based on assets, or both Registered Representatives and Investment Adviser Representatives, who can offer both types of services.
Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC is a state of Washington Registered Investment Advisory firm at: 10940 NE 33rd Pl., Suite #210, Bellevue, Washington 98004 United States.
Cetera is under separate ownership from any other named entity. Investment advisory services and tax consulting services are offered through Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC.
This site is published for residents of the United States only. Financial Advisors of Cetera Advisor Networks may only conduct business with residents of the states and/or jurisdictions in which they are properly registered. Not all the products and services referenced on this site may be available in every state and through every advisor listed. For additional information please contact the advisor(s) listed on the site, visit the Cetera Advisor Networks site at: www.ceteraadvisornetworks.com
Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser in the State of Washington & Texas. We may not transact business in states where we are not appropriately registered, excluded, or exempted from registration. Individualized responses to persons that involve either the effecting of transaction in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, will not be made without registration or exemption.
All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. There is no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful. For a comprehensive review of your personal situation, always consult with a tax or legal advisor. Neither Cetera Advisor Networks LLC nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice.
© 2025 Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved.
Website design: Radically Distinct
Fulcrum Wealth Advisors
10940 NE 33rd Pl.
Suite #210
Bellevue, WA 98004
(877) 400-0260
info@fulcrumwa.com
Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA's BrokerCheck →
Registered Representatives offering securities and advisory services through Cetera Advisor Networks LLC (doing insurance business in CA as CFGAN Insurance Agency LLC), member FINRA/SIPC, a broker/dealer and a Registered Investment Adviser.
Individuals affiliated with Cetera firms are either Registered Representatives who offer only brokerage services and receive transaction-based compensation (commissions), Investment Adviser Representatives who offer only investment advisory services and receive fees based on assets, or both Registered Representatives and Investment Adviser Representatives, who can offer both types of services.
Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC is a state of Washington Registered Investment Advisory firm at: 10940 NE 33rd Pl., Suite #210, Bellevue, Washington 98004 United States.
Cetera is under separate ownership from any other named entity. Investment advisory services and tax consulting services are offered through Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC.
This site is published for residents of the United States only. Financial Advisors of Cetera Advisor Networks may only conduct business with residents of the states and/or jurisdictions in which they are properly registered. Not all the products and services referenced on this site may be available in every state and through every advisor listed. For additional information please contact the advisor(s) listed on the site, visit the Cetera Advisor Networks site at: www.ceteraadvisornetworks.com
Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser in the State of Washington & Texas. We may not transact business in states where we are not appropriately registered, excluded, or exempted from registration. Individualized responses to persons that involve either the effecting of transaction in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, will not be made without registration or exemption.
All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. There is no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful. For a comprehensive review of your personal situation, always consult with a tax or legal advisor. Neither Cetera Advisor Networks LLC nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice.
© 2025 Fulcrum Wealth Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved.
Website design: Radically Distinct