Exit Ready?

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Every episode, co-hosts Steve Pedersen and Steve Walsh pull a real business listing — a real company, real asking price, real financials — and walk through exactly what a buyer would see. What's working. What's a red flag. What questions would kill the deal. Exit Ready is built for service business owners who are planning an exit and want to know the truth about what their business is worth — before they find out the hard way at the negotiating table. New episodes weekly. Free Exit Readiness Scorecard at bluehorizonsai.com.

Episodes

  1. MAY 6

    53 Years, One Phone Number, and a GM Who's Been There 16 Years — Is This What Exit-Ready Looks Like?

    Most roofing businesses are built around the owner. This one isn't. This week Steve Pedersen and Steve Walsh go under the hood on a 53-year-old veteran-owned roofing and exterior services company in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex — $7.8M in revenue, $1.54M in EBITDA, a 19.7% margin, and a General Manager who has run the business for 16 years and is staying post-close. On paper, this is one of the strongest listings we've seen. But strong financials and a great GM don't automatically mean exit-ready. We dig into the three structural issues a buyer will find in due diligence — and more importantly, the specific things this seller should do right now to protect the multiple and close a clean deal. If you own a service business and you're wondering what it actually looks like to build something transferable — this episode is the answer. Free Exit Readiness Scorecard → bluehorizonsai.com

    24 min

  2. MAY 2

    97% Referral Conversion — and Why That Scares Buyers

    This roofing company has spent 37 years building one of the most respected residential roofing brands in Southeast Michigan. The numbers back it up — $790K in seller's discretionary earnings, 872 jobs completed in four years, a 4.8-star Google rating on 250-plus reviews, and a referral-to-install conversion rate of 97.48%. So why does that last number make experienced buyers nervous? In this episode, Steve Pedersen and Steve Walsh pull the listing apart using the Blue Horizons AI exit readiness framework — what's genuinely strong, what a buyer would flag in due diligence, and the three questions they'd ask the seller before moving forward. If you own a service business and your best customers keep asking for you personally — this one's for you. Free Exit Readiness Scorecard → bluehorizonsai.com

    27 min
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Every episode, co-hosts Steve Pedersen and Steve Walsh pull a real business listing — a real company, real asking price, real financials — and walk through exactly what a buyer would see. What's working. What's a red flag. What questions would kill the deal. Exit Ready is built for service business owners who are planning an exit and want to know the truth about what their business is worth — before they find out the hard way at the negotiating table. New episodes weekly. Free Exit Readiness Scorecard at bluehorizonsai.com.

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  • Creator
    Blue Horizons AI
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    2
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    © Blue Horizons AI
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    Exit Ready?