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Guides for owners preparing to sell, finance, or transition their business

Practical, plain-English guides on quality of earnings, succession planning, and capital readiness for Canadian mid-market business owners.

Sell-Side Guide

What Is a Quality of Earnings (QoE) Review?

Why sell-side QoE reviews matter, what they cover, and what it costs sellers to skip one before going to market.

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Succession & Exit

Succession Planning for Alberta Business Owners

Family succession, third-party sale, and management buyout compared — plus a realistic 24-month timeline.

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Industry Focus: Construction

Capital Readiness for Construction Businesses

Why underwriting is tightening in a volatile trade environment, and what lenders and buyers look for now.

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Buy-Side Guide

What Is a Quality of Earnings (QoE) Report?

Cost, process, and when a founder, lender, or advisor actually needs a full QoE report.

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Owner Playbook

Got an Unsolicited Offer for Your Business?

What to do — and not do — in the first 48 hours after a buyer approaches you directly.

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Mid-Deal Playbook

Your Buyer Just Asked for a QoE Review — Now What?

What a buyer's QoE team checks, what commonly goes wrong for sellers, and what you can still do about it.

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Owner Playbook

How to Prepare Your Business for Sale: A 12-Month Checklist

A month-by-month plan for your financials, documents and advisors, before you talk to a buyer or broker.

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Owner Playbook

Business Broker, M&A Advisor, or Diligence Prep: Who Does What?

What each adviser does, how each is paid, and what to have ready before you hire any of them.

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Business Financing

Business Financing by Industry

The cash-flow pressures in trucking, construction, staffing, restaurants and more, and what lenders look at in each sector.

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