Business Ready For Sale by John Denton

21/10/2026

What are you actually selling?

Your customers? Your profit? Your systems? Your name?

Most owners can't answer that in one sentence. Buyers can. They know EXACTLY what they're paying for.

If you can't see your business through a buyer's eyes, you can't fix what's putting them off.

So I built a FREE mini course: Roadblocks to Selling Your Business.

Inside you'll:

1. See your business through a buyer's eyes
2. Learn what a buyer really wants
3. Take a quiz to test what you've picked up

Start it here:

A practical mini-course for business owners who want to identify sale risks, build buyer confidence and decide what to improve first.

20/10/2026

Business owner: Make yourself redundant. 😲 Make it easy for a buyer to fill your role in the business. If you hold onto all the relationships with clients, suppliers and all the knowledge and skills to run the business, the buyer's greatest fear is that the business will walk out the door when you do. 🚶 Contact me for more tips on making your business more saleable. 👍

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲

19/10/2026

Running a business on your own is LONELY.

Nobody to bounce ideas off. Nobody to call you out. Nobody who really gets it.

Sound familiar?

That's why I built BOTA (Business Owners Taking Action) back in 2008. A monthly working group for Perth business owners. In person or online.

Real business owners. Real problems. Real ACTION.

No competing businesses. No hidden agendas. Nobody in the room is there to sell you anything.

Have a look:
https://johndenton.com.au/business-owners-taking-action-perth/?utm_source=fb_page&utm_medium=Business+Ready+For+Sale&utm_campaign=publer

18/10/2026

Business owners: when it comes to selling a small to medium business, one of the most common reasons the business doesn't sell is YOU! When a business is owner centric it is really difficult to sell. Need help to get out of the business - contact me.

15/10/2026

🤔 So You Think You Can Sell Your Business! But The Broker says "No!" 😠 Will you want to sell your business one day? If so, then it needs to be a valuable saleable asset and you need to make that a part of your business strategy. Almost every business owner I dealt with underestimated the time and effort it takes to have a successful sale. Even with the best prepared businesses it still takes time because buyers and finance lenders are being 'super' diligent in the process. Read on to learn how to be ready for sale https://think.johndenton.com.au/blog/think-you-can-sell-your-business?utm_source=fb_page&utm_medium=Business+Ready+For+Sale&utm_campaign=publer

Starting a business can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but it's important to consider the business how to sell your business even before you begin

07/10/2026

People laugh when I say we have a communist government!

A $25 billion plan to nationalise hundreds of supermarkets promises cheaper groceries, but independent operators warn they could be squeezed by a new government-backed competitor.

01/10/2026

Want to get the best possible price for your business when you sell? Then you need to plan and prepare BEFORE you start the sale process. Avoid these mistakes to attract the best buyers and sell when YOU want to.

Someday you will exit your business. That can be either reactively or proactively. If you want that to be when YOU want to, on your terms and for the best possible price, then you need to plan and prepare now!

29/09/2026

Many business owners freak out at the thought of a partnership. “Partnerships don’t work,” they tell me.

My own partnership, some years ago, says otherwise. It was highly successful, it drove serious growth, and that growth is exactly what you want when you are preparing a business for sale. It also taught me what actually holds a partnership together. Read on and learn what makes a partnership work...

Partnerships are like aircraft. The only ones you hear about are the ones that crash. A partnership can be a great way of growing a business and selling it or putting it under management.

24/09/2026

As a business broker, the most difficult thing I had to do was tell a business owner their business was not worth what they thought and would be very hard to sell. That happened too often. Why? Read on...

As a business broker, the most difficult thing I had to do was tell a business owner their business would be very hard to sell. That happened too often. Mostly due to lack of preparation and planning.

17/09/2026

More things and potential costs for businesses. Oh well, got to pay for the submarines somehow 😒

Small business and tax groups warn a 47% tax treatment could undermine the government's proposed alternative to its new minimum tax on discretionary trusts.