Sell-side technology readiness
Before a buyer’s diligence team asks, we find what they will find and fix it: admin access, backups with a documented restore, license clean-up, and a vendor and contract register. You get a seven-document readiness pack and a technology summary written for the buyer to read. $10,000 fixed, four to six weeks.
Who it is for
Who is it for?
- Founders and owners within two years of a sale or recapitalization
- PE-backed companies preparing an exit
- Companies raising money from investors who will ask technology questions
Deliverables
What do you get?
- Everything in the Technology Leadership Assessment
- Identity clean-up and multi-factor sign-in, email groups, and separate admin accounts
- A backup verified with a documented restore
- License rationalization
- A vendor and contract register
- A seven-document readiness packTechnology overview, asset register, access policy, backup and recovery, vendor register, roadmap, and open items with owners
- A technology summary for buyersA short document written for a buyer’s diligence team, covering what the company runs on, who owns it, what it costs, and the open items with owners and dates
The process
How does it work?
- 1
Weeks 1 to 2
Assess
The same review a buyer would run, done on your side first.
- 2
Weeks 2 to 5
Fix
Access, backups, licenses, and contracts put in order.
- 3
Weeks 5 to 6
Write it down
The readiness pack and the buyer summary, ready for the data room.
Price
What does it cost?
$10,000 fixed
$2,500 credits against month one of a retainer signed within thirty days.
An engagement letter is signed before any work starts.
Scope
What is not included?
- Penetration testing and other specialist testing.
- Legal review of contracts.
- Banker work: the data room setup and the process itself.
Questions
Questions buyers ask
When should we start technology readiness before a sale?
A quarter or more before the banker is engaged is comfortable. After the letter of intent it is still possible, but every hour then comes out of the deal.
What will a buyer ask about our technology?
What systems the business runs on and who owns them, what it all costs and when contracts renew, whether the backups restore, who can get in, and who is accountable for all of it. The readiness pack answers each in writing.
Is this worth doing if we are not selling?
Usually. The same work finds duplicate spend, contracts that drifted, and systems only one person understands, which are this year’s problems whether or not a buyer ever asks.
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Is this the right fit?
Thirty minutes on the phone settles it. If it is not the right fit, we will say so.