Anticipating the End is Not The Same As Being Done

Well, today is the day. We finally got our counter tops and sink installed. We have running water in our kitchen again! Yay! It feels like the end, but it is not. We have to vacuum all cabinets then put all the drawers back in and wash the construction waste away from every surface. Then we need to put all the items back in the drawers and cupboards.

New drawers, new liners, old stuff. Counter top appliances, cutting boards, trays, etc. Where does everything go? Do I really need a mini bunt pan stone? I’ve never used it. Or that tiny meat thermometer sheath, that I no longer own the thermometer for? No! So, this means, there is a time of readjustment to the new space. Time to decide what stays, and if it is staying, where it goes. One thing that made this easier for us is, when I packed up the kitchen, I put things  that we use all the time, in boxes together. And items we rarely or never use, I put in separate boxes, by themselves.

You want to make your business more valuable for the next owner? Start preparing the post-sale transition now. When the day comes to look at selling, your business will be easier for the buyer to see how the transition will happen and what to expect. That adds value.

If I had done this work all along, there would have been far less items in my kitchen that I was not using, less to pack up, and less work to put it back together. I would not have had to move that heavy mini bunt pan stone every time I wanted to get into my Pyrex pans. Sounds small, but these were buried in the back of a blind cupboard, that required contortionist abilities to get into. One time, I even hurt myself trying to get them out, and yet, I kept putting them away, because I kept holding on to what I had, even when it was not working for me.

Cleaning up your business now adds value to your business NOW, when you will benefit from it too. If you look at everything that goes into the process of preparing your business to Run Without You, your business will benefit now, long before you decide to sell.

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