Most businesses aren’t sellable. Even if they’re profitable.
I work with service business owners to increase business value, reduce owner dependence, and create real exit options.
Markian Pergat • Exitability & Value Advisor to Small Business Owners • Creator of the EXITS Method™
How EXITABLE Is Your Business?
Selling Isn't the Goal, Exitability Is
Build a business that can run without you and eventually transition when you're ready.
Value Creation & Strategy
For small business owners who want freedom, optionality, and maximum exit value.
Find out where value is leaking in your business
Create multiple exit options and ideal buyers
Detach from your business to create space and increase value
Operator | Investor | Advisor
About Markian
Markian Pergat is an entrepreneur, small business investor, and advisor to owners preparing for what comes next.
He has owned and operated service businesses, acquired and partnered in businesses, negotiated deals, and worked with owners to make their businesses more valuable, transferable, and less dependent on them.
Markian created the EXITS Method™, a framework for building exitability into a business long before an owner is ready to leave it.
His work is focused on helping small business owners create more freedom, more options, and better outcomes whether they ultimately choose to stay, scale, or sell.
80% of Businesses Never Transition
Exitize Your Business To Join The 20% That Do Before It's Too Late
Selling isn't the goal. It's having the option to sell. The key is building a business buyers desire. An exitable business.
By going through my process, you may find it's more fun to keep your business that gifts you more time and money.
You might make a lot of money right now. But does the money stop when you don't show up?
Don't wait until you're ready to leave to find out your business is worth less than you wanted. We've still got time.
Advisory
Want to apply this thinking to your business?
Start with a conversation to see what strategic exitability can do for your business.
EXITABLE™ Book
The book for owners looking for options whether they stay, scale, step back, or sell.
Get on the waitlist for my upcoming book and get two chapters
You've probably pondered, even if briefly, what your eventual exit might look like as a small business owner. It all starts with you on a personal level.
How you think. How you feel. How you deal with the long list of fears, frustrations, and questions about the process. You might be thinking:
"My business is my baby. I don't know if I'm ready to let go yet... Wil I ever truly be?"
"This will be my first (and only) exit. I'm anxious about what to expect."
"Will the business survive without me?"
"Can I trust my successor to do a good job?"
"I just don't want to get undervalued."
It's good to ask yourself these tough questions and have these introspective thoughts. And you'd be wise to do this early and often. Remember, 8/10 small businesses will never change hands and simply shut down because they aren't prepared. Let's keep moving so you're not one of them.
Today I'm going to show you exactly how to exit your business without losing yourself, your purpose, and how to maneuver along the way so you don't have any regrets post-exit.
And to understand that we need to...
EXITABLE
Build a Business with Multiple Exit Options Whether You Stay, Scale, or Sell
I wrote the book on exitability. It's a deep dive into the thinking, frameworks, experience, and perspectives on getting above the org chart and out from being stuck in operations.
If you're an owner who believes in freedom, space, options for small business, get your copy today and join the movement. Get it in your favourite format.
Download the first two chapters to get started.
My Signature EXITS Method™
The ultimate preparation for owners seeking freedom, space, and exitability.
Find the value leaking in your business with this diagnostic test.
The methodology that looks at all aspects for value creation for owners:
Personally removing your identity from the business
Removing yourself from the day-to-day operations
Multiple options for changes in personal or professional life
Inorganic value creation opportunities for massive growth
Increasing desirability for eventual transition while you hold
Are You Building A Business,
Or Stuck Running One?
I solve your inability to exit
And with less than 20% business owners ever get a meaningful payday, there's a lot to fix...
For small business owners who want freedom, optionality, and maximum exit value.
Create buyer demand to attract your ideal successor
Double your exit value to stand above your industry norm
Treat your business like an asset you own, not a job that owns you / your time
Build your ideal exit strategy with multiple backup options
Emotionally detach from your business so you exit with purpose and without regret
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Let's Talk About:
Why 80% of businesses never transition
Why 75% of owners regret selling their business
The 7 mistakes owners make to lower exit value
The effects of AI on exits value & entrepreneurship
My book about small business exitability
My signature EXITS Method™ that builds value
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Markian Pergat | Your Business Value & Exits Maker
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Build a business with options whether you stay, scale, or sell.
