SHADOW BID™
The offer you’d receive today. In writing. Before anyone writes it.
So the first offer you ever receive is not the first offer you’ve ever seen.
Written the way your most likely buyer writes: their price, their earn-out, their conditions, their exclusivity ask, their warranty posture. Calibrated to a real buyer type - trade acquirer, private-equity bolt-on, or family office.
Every adjustment to the headline number, traced to the specific finding that drives it - with the fix.
The five to eight items doing the damage, and a one-hour walkthrough of what to do about them.
The Shadow Bid™ is an illustrative simulation prepared for you alone, to inform your preparation. It is not an offer capable of acceptance, not a formal valuation, and not financial product advice. That framing appears on the letter itself, because clarity is the product.
$8,000–$12,000 ex GST
Fixed and confirmed before we start. One to two weeks from complete information.
And here’s the mechanic: 100% of the fee is credited against a Transaction Readiness Assessment commenced within 90 days. Start small; it never costs you.
“Will it be confronting?” Probably. It’s also the cheapest confronting news you’ll ever receive - every chip comes with its cause and its fix.
“What do you need from me?” A short information set (we send the list), one two-hour conversation, and honesty about the numbers.