EXIT
BETTER
Exit planning and sell-side M&A for founder-led businesses
FNDRS is a founder-to-founder advisory firm: value advisory for businesses with $3M to $30M in revenue, sell-side M&A, and post-exit planning with outside experts, one team from your first valuation to the years after the sale.
A closed loop exit ecosystem
Join FNDRS to build the value of your business and sell it on your terms.
Meet the FNDRS Elements™
The FNDRS Elements framework names the 36 elements a buyer weighs in a business, grouped into seven families, from Nick Long's book Exit Elements™. Gain the edge by learning what your business is made of.
What is FNDRS?
FNDRS helps business owners scale far beyond what they can do alone
Most owners meet an advisor and a banker as two strangers, each starting from zero. At FNDRS they are one team, and the work you do to build value is the same work that lets you sell better.
01 · BUILD
Value advisory
Score your exit readiness, find the gap between today and potential, and close it pillar by pillar.
02 · SELL
Sell-side M&A
A confidential, competitive process, led by Scott Stepanik.
03 · AFTER
Post-exit planning
A plan for the proceeds and the day after, started before the sale closes.
Build · Pillars
Six pillars of value
The six pillars of value are the six things every buyer, lender, and diligence team looks at: financial health, growth potential, customer and revenue quality, operational independence, deal readiness, and owner outcomes. Your exit-readiness score measures each one, and the advisory work closes the weakest first.
All six pillars in detailFounders
Advisors with real opinions based on real experiences
Founders who worked with FNDRS
In their own words
Short testimonials from owners who went through the FNDRS process. Most are under two minutes.
Build value. Exit better.
Whether the sale is next year or next decade, the work starts with knowing where you stand today.