YBAWS! Growing Corporate Value and Marketability

YBAWS! Growing Corporate Value and Marketability

Business Valuation

The One Year Vacation Test Will Price Your Business

Founder dependency is the number one value destroyer in small business. The one year vacation test exposes it in 30 seconds, and buyers apply it whether you do or not.

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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Aug 21, 2026
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Founder dependency is the number one value destroyer in small business, and it hides behind praise. Here is the test. You leave tomorrow for one year. No calls, no email, no exceptions. What is left when you get back? If the honest answer is wreckage, you do not own a business.

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