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The KPIs, Cash Flow Habits & Exit Gaps No One Talks About

Yoav sat down with the host of Exit Algorithms podcast to discuss the essential information business owners need to understand what a buyer actually sees when they open your books!

 

 

The conversation on this podcast touches on an issue I see repeatedly with business owners: they focus on revenue and profitability, but overlook the operational and financial gaps that directly impact valuation during due diligence. A business may appear successful on the surface, but buyers look deeper — customer profitability, internal controls, KPI reporting, cash flow management, sales tax exposure, documentation, and whether the company can operate efficiently without the owner involved in every decision.

In this discussion, we talked about the real issues that reduce value, delay transactions, or kill deals altogether — and more importantly, what business owners can do today to prepare for a stronger and smoother exit process.

Thank you to the Exit Algorithms team for having me on the podcast.

 

 

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    Yoav helps private and public companies stabilize performance, protect enterprise value, and prepare for successful sale, refinancing, or restructuring. For more than 30 years, Yoav has worked with founders, lenders, investors and boards in situations where the stakes are high, including operational turnarounds, financial restructurings, and exit planning for healthy companies. Yoav is typically engaged when a company is underperforming, approaching a transaction, or requires experienced interim financial and operational leadership.