Selling a business is usually a once-in-a-lifetime event. The process should be clear before you commit to anything.
Thirty minutes by phone. You tell us about the business, your timeline, and what matters to you in a sale. No documents required. No obligation created.
If we both want to keep going, we ask for basic financials. Three years of P&L and a tax return is usually enough to start. We will sign a confidentiality agreement before you send anything.
Within two weeks of seeing the numbers, you get one of two things: a written indication of what we would pay and how, or an honest explanation of why it is not a fit. No ghosting, no endless maybes.
If the numbers work for both sides, we put an offer in writing. Diligence follows, scoped to what actually matters for a business your size. We move at the pace certainty allows.
The transition is built around your wishes, whether that is a structured handover or a quick exit. Employees hear the news the way you want them to hear it.
Doppler is an individual buyer first. In most cases, our goal is to acquire and operate the business directly with our operating partners. In some cases, the best home for a business is one of the experienced buyers in our network, people we know and have worked with across several industries. If that is ever the direction, you will know exactly who they are before anything moves, and nothing happens without your consent. If you tell us you do not want your company going to a private equity group, it will not. Where the business lands can be written into the deal terms, and that is where we put it.
Most owners we talk to are a few years away from selling. That is normal, and it is a good time to talk. We are happy to be a sounding board on what your business might be worth and what would make it worth more. For some owners, we go a step further and help get the business exit-ready, in exchange for equity or a share of the outcome. One rule keeps that honest: if we help you prepare your business for sale, we do not buy it ourselves. You get an advisor whose only interest is your best exit.