Due Date
Status
Done
Category
🧱 Fundamentals
Sellability Impact
High
💡 What?
A sellable business is a cash generating asset that doesn’t need the founder to run
❓ Why?
Building your business with sellability in mind lets you sell it with the best possible valuation or will let you run it with minimal overhead
💪 How?
Follow these guides to get started building a sellable company 👀
Fundamentals
The links marked [WIP] are not done yet and are just meant to show you what’s in the planned scope of the paid product
Figure out what you want (How to figure out what you want)
Set the right goals to achieve what you want (How to set the right goals)
Dollarize your time (How and why to dollarize your time)
Build a documentation habit ([WIP] How to document your processes)
Focus on high-leverage tasks (How to balance all your roles of your business)
Be smart about build vs. buy (How to decide what to build and what to buy)
Think ahead (How to anticipate long-term consequence of actions)
How to make good decisions when things get hectic (How to stay calm under pressure)
Finance
Pick a scalable business model ()
Make your bookkeeping bulletproof (How to make your bookkeeping bulletproof)
Keep an eye on your Financial performance ([WIP] How to read and know where to leverage a P&L)
Find out how long you can survive ([WIP] How to calculate and manage your run rate)
Find out how much you pay for a customer ()
Find out how much you make from a customer (How to calculate CLV & CAC)
Find out how profitable you are (How to calculate your gross margins)
Reasonably maximize profit and revenue (How to maximize profit)
Make as much of your revenue recurring (How to pick the right type of revenue model)
Maximize your cash-flow (How to maximize cash flow)
Maximize your valuation (How to maximize your valuation)
Operations
Document and systemize as much as possible with SOPs (How to create a good SOP)
Fire yourself from all the roles in the company (How and why to create an org chart)
Be like Switzerland (How to avoid a single point of failure)
Delegate and Automate as much as possible ( How to decide to automate or delegate)
Keep your internal documents in order (How to get your documents under control)
Create calm infrastructure (How to create stable infrastructure)
Growth
Operate in a growing market (How to validate market pull)
Create viable growth channels (How to show the potential of an acquisition channel)
Have a differentiated, specialized offer (How to create monopoly control)
Document your Sales process (How to document your sales process)
Document your Marketing process ([WIP] How to document your marketing)
Improve your conversions ([WIP] How to improve your copy for conversions)
Improve your product (How to improve conversions)
Let others do the marketing for you (How to set up an affiliate program)
Help users buy from you (How to help customers make a buying decision)
Automate or Delegate you Sales ([WIP] How to automate or delegate cold outreach)
Automate or Delegate SEO (How to leverage SEO )
Support
Enable your customers to solve their problems (How to build a great knowledge base)
Make your customers successful ([WIP] How to ensure customer success)
Document your support processes (How to document your support processes)
Measure and Maximize customer satisfaction ([WIP] How to measure and improve customer satisfaction)
Delegate your support (How to delegate support)
