What Manufacturers Leave on the Table When They Sell: A Breakfast Session for Manufacturing Founders, CEOs, and Owners
What feels like a lifetime ago, you made a huge gamble. You bet on yourself — and it worked.
You know this business in ways no one else ever could. You understand the machines, the margins, the people, the rhythm of the floor. You've earned the right to call yourself an expert. But here's the quiet truth that most manufacturing owners discover too late: the business you built is the future someone else wants to buy — and they can't run it the way you did.
That balance you created? It's impressive. It may have took decades. But to a buyer, every one of those dependencies is a reason to lower the number.
And here's what most owners don't plan for: nearly 50% of business sales happen unexpectedly (Death, Disability, Divorce, Disagreement, and Distress. Build2Transfer's operating process is designed to make sure you are ready, with the right people and the right systems in place, whether the sale is on your timeline or not.
Speakers:
Franck Saragossi: Certified EOS Implementer® & CEPA
Franck has spent his entire career working alongside owners like you — manufacturers, family business founders — to close the gaps in people, cash flow, execution, and strategy. His goal is not to rush owners toward the exit or to sell their legacy, but to give them options; to scale, build something that runs without them, or to transfer it, on their terms. So that if and when they decide to sell, they walk away with what their business is truly worth.
Rick Abedon: Chief Business Development Officer, Supporting Strategies
Rick has spent his career on both sides of the operational equation — as a COO running complex, fast-moving businesses and financial advisor helping growing companies get their financial house in order. At Supporting Strategies, he works with founders and CEOs to put the outsourced bookkeeping, accounting, and controller infrastructure in place that makes a business not just run better — but look better to a buyer.
Their mission for this session is simple: to ensure owners have the strategy and infrastructure in place to capture the maximum value for their life’s work.
This breakfast session is strictly educational and is what your M&A advisor wishes you had seen five years before you listed.
No pitches, no pressure — just the tools, insights, and honest conversation you need to understand where your business stands today and what it would take to maximize its value.
For Whom? Founders, CEOs, and Owners of Manufacturing Companies
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