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Is Your Business Actually Ready to Sell? The Audit Truth Buyers Don't Tell You | Exit Teams Podcast

Is Your Business Actually Ready to Sell? The Audit Truth Buyers Don't Tell You | Exit Teams Podcast

Manufacturing Minute
• 39 min
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Most business owners think they're ready to sell — until the buyer's due diligence team starts asking questions. In this episode of the Manufacturing Minute Podcast, Megan Meador, Partner at Brown Edwards and leader of the firm's manufacturing and distribution audit practice, pulls back the curtain on what sophisticated buyers and private equity groups are really looking for when they examine your financials. Drawing on a conversation originally featured on the Exit Teams Podcast with host Bob Tankesley, Megan covers the red flags that make buyers walk away, the difference between a financial statement audit and a quality of earnings report, and why the two-to-three years before a sale are the most important window you have. Don't wait until you're in the middle of a deal to find out your books aren't telling the right story.