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In this episode of 'The Cash-Rich Exit Podcast', host Colleen O'Connell-Campbell welcomes back serial entrepreneur and M&A advisor Scott Duke, founder of Business Succession Group. Scott talks about his latest innovation - The Value Acceleration Calculator (VAC) - a practical, data-informed tool to assess sellability, estimate value, and identify key levers to increase enterprise value over time.
This conversation covers:
Why 80% of businesses never sell, and why most founders never realize the enterprise value they hoped for.
How the VAC can score your business' sellability and identify where risk lives inside your operations.
The three levers every founder must understand: revenue, profit efficiency, and multiples - and how each affects your future exit.
Key Highlights
Most businesses aren't sellable in their current state. Scott explains that many founders assume every business can be sold at some price - when in fact, buyers will simply walk away if the future cash flow risk is too high.
Sellability comes down to risk reduction. The most critical factor? Dependence on the owner. If a founder is the primary relationship-holder, salesperson, or decision bottleneck - buyers see future cash flow uncertainty.
Future cash flow is everything. Buyers don't buy past success - they buy the probability of future earnings repeating. Historical financials are just the rearview mirror.
Three levers drive valuation:
Revenue
EBITDA efficiency ("how many pennies you keep per dollar")
Multiple
Scott emphasizes that many owners obsess over revenue (the "vanity number") rather than profitability and valuation mechanics.
Energy matters. A founder's personal capacity to implement change can determine whether the strategy should be: a buildup to sale, or a multi-year harvest of cash flow instead.
You can request the Value Acceleration Calculator by contacting Colleen O'Connell-Campbell directly via Linkedin
If this episode sparked your curiosity about:
increasing enterprise value
reducing exit risk
preparing for a sale in 3-10 years
or planning a personal Cash-Rich Exit
Reach out to Colleen O'Connell-Campbell for a 1:1 Wealth Gap Analysis.
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All opinions expressed by the host, Colleen O'Connell-Campbell, and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of RBC Dominion Securities.
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Colleen O'Connell-Campbell is a Wealth Advisor at RBC Dominion Securities, a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.
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