Preparing your business for sale is a continuous process of creating exactly what your "most important customer" wants! That's right by focusing on that "most important customer" ... the individual or entity who will enentually buy your business crystalize your insight into what to do with each of the seven building blocks of a strong, transferrable operation. Start that process by integrating the answers to key questions into your plans and actions. Those decisions to prepare you business for an ownership transfer will deliver you an easier to manage business in the near-term and much, much more valuable business in the long-term!