Our Legacy Mission
If you’re over 55 and still at the center of your business operations, this is your wake-up call.
Imagine walking away from your company today for 60 days—completely unplugged, no emails, no phone calls, no check-ins. Could the business continue running? Would it still grow in your absence?
If that thought makes your stomach tighten, you’re not alone.
Most experienced business owners know, deep down, that they’ve become the engine their business can’t run without. And that’s a serious problem—not just for your lifestyle but for your legacy.
Because if your company can’t function without you, it’s not truly a business. It’s a job.
And unfortunately, you can’t sell a job.
Too many brilliant, hard-working business owners discover this when it’s too late—when they’re finally ready to exit, only to realize the company they built with love and sacrifice isn’t sellable, scalable, or self-sustaining.
This mission is personal to me.
My journey with Menture was born out of love, loss, and the hard lessons that come with watching someone you admire give everything to their business—only to leave nothing for themselves.
My father was a passionate, hardworking business owner. For decades, he built a company with sweat, sacrifice, and relentless dedication. He dreamed of retiring on his 65th birthday and finally living life on his terms with much less stress.
But he never got the chance.
Just 12 days before his planned retirement, he passed away.
No last vacation he kept putting off. No additional time spent with family and grandkids. No financial reward for the years he gave to everyone else first.
We—his family—were left not just grieving his loss but facing the collapse of everything he’d built. None of us could step in. The systems weren’t there. The knowledge died with him. And slowly, painfully, the business closed its doors.
His business legacy disappeared with him after 28 years of efforts and sacrifice.
And I made a promise to myself that day: I wouldn’t let this happen to another business owner if I could help it.
Especially those who’ve been sacrificing for decades and have spent their lives inside the day-to-day grind, with no clear path to exit and no plan thought of how to transition out. Those who dream of leaving… but never properly prepare for it.
The loss of my father became the reason why Menture exists and why our mission drives us. To rewrite that story for entrepreneurs like yourself who still have time to get it right
What happened to my father isn’t uncommon—it’s becoming a small business crisis.
Here’s what you need to know:
26% of boomers are business owners planning to retire. (SBA.gov, Census.gov & Forbes.com)
*That equates to approximately 2,600 business owners a day potentially listing their company for sale to live out their golden years, just like you..
That means the business-for-sale market has been and will continue to be tremendously oversaturated for those wanting to exit at the highest price.
And buyers? They’re even more selective than ever today because it has been and will continue to be a buyer’s market due to the oversupply of bad acquisition companies that won’t pass due diligence.
It cost significant capital to source a company to buy. In a preliminary evaluation they will see a company as a risky investment if it depends on the seller’s involvement in day-to-day operations. They will skip the opportunity rather than waste capital on fees owed to accountants, lawyers and other professionals incurred during due diligence for them to uncover additional red flags in the company. Buyers want a well-oiled machine—something with documented processes, consistent profits, can pass a Quality of Earnings Report and a team that can drive the growth of the company without you.
If your business isn’t set up like that, you’re competing in a crowded market with an undervalued offer.
We’re on a mission to help 1 million business owners increase their company’s profits to help them exit on their terms with more money, more freedom, and enjoy more of life.
There are too many smart, capable, hardworking owners feeling trapped in their businesses. And it’s not because they haven’t built something valuable—it’s because they’ve built something that relies too heavily on them to continue the legacy.
This mission is simple.
It’s about giving you the option to have MORE of your life back in your golden years.
It’s about helping you retire—or transition—without stress, regret, or the feeling that you’ve left money (or legacy) on the table.
It’s about making sure you never have to choose between your business and your best years.
Because here’s the truth:
Most entrepreneurs don’t fail because they didn’t work hard—they fail to exit well because they didn’t plan early enough.
Buyers aren’t just buying your revenue—they’re buying freedom. They’re buying systems, leadership, predictable profits, and future growth.
If your company relies heavily on you, buyers see risk, not reward. And risk lowers valuations.
Here’s what I often find when speaking with entrepreneurs nearing retirement:
This means you’re left with limited options:
If you want more freedom tomorrow, you must face the truth today. The first step to a profitable, stress-free exit isn’t financial—it’s personal.
It’s about seeing where your business really stands… and deciding to fix what’s holding you back.
Here’s the 3-part roadmap to regain control of your time, profit, and peace of mind.
Before you even think about selling, ask yourself:
If you answered “no” to any of these, the good news is this: you can fix it—if you start now.
The next step is…
There’s a way forward—and it’s much simpler than you think. We developed a simple, proven framework to help owners double their profits and build a business that works without them.
Like many companies, if your average net profit margin is around 10%, you don’t need to make massive changes overnight. You don’t need to double your sales revenue or work longer hours. You just need to follow a proven, strategic approach we call the Exit Freedom Formula to potentially double your company profits and increase buyer interest towards a successful sale:
How? Analyze your P/L Statement. There are often numerous areas of overspending to do so. A few ideas are addressing cost inefficiencies, under-utilized subscriptions, renegotiating prices with vendors, and eliminating wasteful spending without sacrificing product or service quality.
Generating more sales can, at times, be more challenging, but in this case, it is about squeezing more revenue from existing assets and opportunities.
A few areas to consider are:
When you apply the optimization steps together…
And when profits increase, you may finally be able to afford and create new jobs, hire the operations manager or high-performing leadership teams that will further build an amazing and supportive company culture that people love belonging to so you can step back and step away.
That’s the key to building a sellable business—one that can run without you OR the new owner to carry on your legacy.
That’s the first real step toward freedom on your terms. These changes don’t take years—they can happen within 60 to 90 days.
You can start transforming your business from owner-dependent to exit-ready by simply doubling your profits and getting yourself off the organization chart working in the company.
1. Get a Realistic Estimation of Value Based On Profits
You need to know what your business could be worth today based only on your net profits (SDE/EBITDA). Not the price you want it to be. Nor is it what you heard some other company sold for. It is a number calculated based on your net profits, the average multiple for your industry, and the size of your company.
2. Apply the Exit Freedom Formula
Start by making small strategic changes to boost profit and build systems. Apply the simple steps shared to improve your net profits, use the profits to implement operational improvements and technological systems, replace yourself as the day-to-day operator, and get your company exit-ready.
3. Work With a Rapid Sale Expert
If you are satisfied with the improved profitability that buyers look for, then now it is time to work with a Rapid Sale Expert to effectively and properly market and promote your company to potential buyers. If you are not satisfied with your increased profitability, then work with a Rapid Sale Expert to uncover additional, hidden profit levers to reduce the risk of acquiring your company compared to other listings, improve operational efficiency, and increased sales revenues.
Whether your goal is to sell in 12 months or build a sellable business in 3 years, the time to act is now.
The biggest regret I hear from older entrepreneurs is this:
“I wish I started planning my exit years ago.”
And by the time they’re ready to sell, the numbers just don’t work.
Why?
Because there’s a significant GAP between what they want to sell for and what their business is actually worth.
Senior owners often need the proceeds from the sale to fund retirement, maintain their lifestyle, or support their family.
But the business isn’t structured—or valued—high enough to deliver that for long enough.
This gap causes dreams to die for many business owners because they are not able to get the exit price they had hoped for so they can step away. They keep working to support themselves and their family and put the next chapter of their life on hold, sometimes until it is too late.
But the only way to avoid that gap is to start preparing now.
I think about my father every day.
I think about the decades he gave and the moments he missed.
I think about the plans he had for “someday”—and how that day never came.
And I think about the legacy that should have continued but didn’t.
This blog, this movement, this mission—it’s all for him.
And it’s for you.
You’ve worked hard. You’ve built something real.
You don’t have to let it slip away just because you didn’t have a plan.
You deserve to exit with dignity. With joy. With peace of mind.
Not with regret.
That all starts—not with some big future decision—but with a choice you make today.
To stop delaying.
Stop telling yourself “someday.”
And start building something that lasts—whether you’re there or not.
Legacy isn’t built by accident. It’s built by the choices you make now.
So, let this be your wake-up call.
Let today be the day you take the first step.
Because today matters, and so does your future.
Stephen Gill
Co-Founder
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