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ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE GUIDED INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

WEEK 6 | EXIT STRATEGIES AND BUSINESS VALUATON

Learn how to evaluate what your business is worth and plan for its long-term future.

THIS WEEK’S FOCUS

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This week focuses on business valuation and the long-term decisions entrepreneurs make about the future of their businesses. You will explore different approaches to valuing a business, evaluate potential exit strategies, and analyze offers from prospective buyers to understand their financial implications.

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The goal is not simply to think about leaving a business. It is to begin thinking strategically about what you are building toward and how the decisions you make today can influence the future value of your business.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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By the end of Week 6, you will be able to:

  • Assess business characteristics to determine the most beneficial methods of business valuation.

  • Identify three exit strategies for a business owner, listing the pros and cons of each.

  • Analyze offers from potential buyers of a business, summarizing the financial benefit of each offer.

WEEK 6 | COURSE ACTIVITIES

Complete the assigned Week 6 activities in your Intuit for Education classroom.

ACTIVITY 1​

Exploring Business Valuation

Explore how entrepreneurs and investors think about business value and why different businesses may require different valuation approaches.

ACTIVITY 2​

Types of Valuations

Compare common approaches to business valuation, including the asset-based, earnings value, and market value approaches, and consider the strengths and limitations of each method.

ACTIVITY 3​

Exit Strategies and Weighing Your Offers

Explore potential exit strategies and evaluate offers from prospective buyers to determine the financial implications of different exit decisions. The Intuit lesson includes the Types of Valuations and Weighing Your Offers worksheets.

WEEK 6 | LIVE GUIDED INSTRUCTION​

Live Guided Instruction​

Apply business valuation and exit-planning concepts to your own business. Consider the factors that can increase business value, evaluate how dependent the business is on you as the owner, and identify the long-term direction you are building toward.

LIVE SESSION​

Week 6 Live Guided Instruction​

Friday, November 6, 2026 | 7:00 PM ET
Live via Zoom

WEEK 6 | GUIDED INSTRUCTION MATERIALS​​

Access supplemental resources designed to help you connect business valuation and exit-planning concepts to your own entrepreneurial goals.

Week 6 Guided Instruction Packet

Evaluate your business's value drivers, consider owner dependence and transferability, explore potential exit strategies, and identify actions you can take now to strengthen the future value of your business.

 

Complete your My Business Value & Exit Strategy portfolio activity and answer the Week 6 guiding question: What am I building toward?

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