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The Big Exit keeps business owners in the loop on who's buying, who's selling, what businesses are worth, and how to build wealth before and after the sale.
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Value it.
Exit it.
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EngineerYour weekly edge on buying, building and selling businesses.
Everything is designed to help owners stay informed, understand what drives value, prepare earlier and make better decisions when their eventual exit arrives.
Industry news & highlights
The deals, collapses, acquisitions, projects and stories shaping Australian trades and construction.
Education & interviews
Conversations and lessons from business sellers, buyers, investors and operators.
Ask a business broker
Practical answers to real owner questions around valuation, preparation, buyers and the sale process.
Recent sales
A look at businesses changing hands and what those transactions can teach owners.
Events
Relevant industry events, meet-ups and opportunities for owners, buyers and investors.
After the exit
Property, investing, wealth creation and what owners can do after turning a business into capital.
Valuation breakdowns
Real-world examples showing how revenue, profit, risk, recurring work and owner dependence affect value.
Updated industry multiples
A weekly view of the valuation ranges and market signals we're seeing across key sectors.
You built a good business. You don't have to own it forever.
The best exits are rarely planned when an owner is already exhausted. Understanding value and preparing early gives you more options later.
Understand the financial and operational factors buyers actually pay for.
Learn how competitors, private equity, strategic groups and individual buyers think.
Owner dependence, messy financials and customer concentration can all reduce buyer appetite.
Think beyond settlement into property, investing, wealth and the next chapter.
Good trade businesses are attracting buyers from every direction.
Trade, construction, home service, commercial and civil businesses can appeal to strategic acquirers, investors and operators across Australia and overseas.
Competitors
Buying market share, customers, staff, contracts and capability.
Larger trade groups
Expanding into a new service, state, territory or customer base.
Private equity
Acquiring profitable businesses they can scale, combine and eventually exit.
Strategic buyers
Businesses that can create extra value by bolting your company onto theirs.
Owner-operators
Experienced operators wanting to buy an established business.
Family offices & search funds
Capital looking for established, profitable private businesses to acquire.
A confidential process from appraisal to settlement.
Even if you're years away, understanding the process now makes it easier to build toward a cleaner, stronger sale later.
Appraisal
Understand what the business may be worth in today's market.
Prepare
Clean up financials, systems and the story buyers will assess.
Find buyers
Build a strategic buyer list and approach likely acquirers discreetly.
Negotiate
Manage offers, deal structure, due diligence and competitive tension.
Settle
Complete the transaction, transfer ownership and realise the value you've built.
Built for business owners who want to understand the exit game.
Jack Prow is a business broker and business owner behind Berngate. The Big Exit is designed to make the business sale market easier to understand for owners across trades, construction, services, civil, commercial and industrial sectors.
Each week brings together market activity, practical education and real buyer insight so owners can make smarter decisions long before they ever put a business on the market.
Built around the industries that build Australia.
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