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Private invitation

Private invitation · EO and YPO owners

What would a buyer pay for your company today, and what would make it worth more?

Run Ready Starter answers both questions in 30 days, for EO and YPO owners who may sell, hand off or bring in a partner in the next one to five years.

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What you get

Your company's value today, and a plan to raise it.

  1. 01

    Financial diagnostic

    You see your last three years of books the way a buyer will: the quality of your reporting, what drives your profit, and what a buyer will question.

    Days 1 to 7

  2. 02

    Valuation read

    You get a range for what a buyer would pay today, the assumptions behind it, and the financial strengths and gaps that move it.

    Days 8 to 20

  3. 03

    Bloom Day 1

    You spend one full working day with us and your key leaders, and leave with shared priorities, a scorecard and a one-page plan.

    Days 21 to 25, on site

  4. 04

    Value-gap plan

    You get the operational changes, ranked, that close the distance between today’s value and the value you want.

    Days 26 to 30

  5. 05

    Action plan

    You receive an executive summary, ranked actions, an owner for each one, and a working timeline, at your readout.

    Days 26 to 30

Is this for you?

Built for owners who still run the company.

  • You are an EO or YPO member who founded, owns or controls the company, and you still run it.
  • The company earns $1.5 million or more in adjusted EBITDA, in any industry.
  • You see a sale, succession, recapitalization or new partner in the next one to five years.
  • You have a leadership team, and two or three of your key people can join the working day.
  • You will share three years of financial records under a confidentiality agreement, and give us candid feedback at the end.

Your information stays private. We sign a confidentiality agreement before you share anything, and we never share your company's data. You decide who on your team takes part and what they are told.

What we look for

  • Your role in the company
  • How ready your financial records and team are
  • Who will join the working day
  • Your timing
  • Your availability during the 30 days

Space is limited.

After day 30

You keep everything: the diagnostic, the valuation read, the one-page plan and the action plan. We recommend a next step, which may include our full Run Ready program. Continuing is your choice.

Who you work with

One principal reads your numbers the way a buyer will. The other builds the leadership team a buyer pays for.

Nick Delgado

Principal, long run

Nick reads a business the way a buyer prices it. He created the Payline, long run’s valuation framework for privately held companies, and has held CEO, COO and CFO roles at companies in manufacturing, CPG, agencies and financial services.

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Trent Clark

Principal, long run

Trent coaches owner-led companies on the Bloom Growth system and is a long-time EO member. He has coached in three World Series and wrote Leading Winning Teams (Wiley).

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Apply

Apply for Run Ready Starter.

The application has nine short questions and takes about three minutes. Applications close Friday, November 6.