The ExitReadiness® PODCAST is the exit planning podcast for business owners who want to sell, transfer, or step back from their business on their own terms. Hosts Pat Ennis, CExP™ and Walter Deyhle, CPA, CExP™, CEPA of ENNIS Legacy Partners talk with M&A advisors, attorneys, CPAs, valuation experts, and owners who have been through it. Each episode covers practical steps to build a more valuable, transferable business: increasing business value, reducing owner dependency, succession planning, selling to a third party, ESOPs and employee buyouts, family business transitions, buy-sell agreements, tax planning before a sale, due diligence, and what life after the exit actually looks like. Whether you're 10 years out or 10 months out, there's something here for you. Subscribe wherever you listen, and visit exitreadiness.com to take your free ExitReadiness® DIY™ Assessment.