Douglas Brown

About Douglas Brown

After many years as a manager and a management consultant, advising organizational leaders on strategic planning, program and project management, and technology management, I took up a focus on business brokerage, i.e. the selling of businesses. But after 5+ years chasing listings, I found it too disheartening to have to tell yet another owner who is working 55+ hours per week and is finally ready to retire that they are not going to be able to get anything for it, let alone retire on it. I wanted to help them avoid becoming those owners by preparing for the end game, so after a lot of research I built a coaching program (The Business Value Booster Method) to guide owners in positioning their businesses for that day in the future.Here\'s the great news: when your business is prepared to sell at any time, even when you don\'t intend to sell it soon, it is more profitable and it is more enjoyable to own. Come visit at https://Business ValueBooster.com and find out how to start owning your business instead of it owning you.

Experience

1. Business Owners and Leaders Make your Business Among the 13 Percent that can Sell Someday

   Business Value Booster Program

   Oct 2022 — Present · Williamsburg, VA, US

   Small business owners are often so busy that \"strategic thinking\" seems like a luxury that just has to wait until someday-» PROBLEM: If you\'re not ready when Someday shows up, you won\'t be able to sell your business at all-Someday, long before you expect it, you\'ll find yourself wanting to (more likely, having to) step away from your business. Here\'s what happens next: 87 percent of businesses cannot sell; 95 percent of those \"for sale by owner\" do not sell. Only 6 percent get a fair price It doesn\'t have to be that way-» SOLUTION: THE BUSINESS VALUE BOOSTER METHOD-If you have 18 months or more before you MUST sell your business, this 3-phase method positions you to get the best price you can; if you have less than 18 months, we need to talk NOW about lining you up for a successful sale. REALITY: Understand the market and how it will see and value your business OBSTACLES: Clear away problems that can stop your business from selling at all IMPROVEMENTS: Identify and prioritize actions boosting your business value.You can keep iterating this R-O-I process, making your company ever more ready when you do need to exit the business. You\'ll also be making more profit and spending your time working ON your business instead of being your most-overpaid hourly employee-» YOUR NEXT STEPS- If your business is a good fit for us to work together, in 60 days, you\'ll have assessed your exit options and chosen a strategy. In the next 60 days, your team will set up and commit to an action plan. You\'ll work on that for 120 days, evaluate the success of your first round of actions, and decide what to do next to continue making your company more self-operating and more profitable.Ready to find out where your business stands? Take our quick quiz and get our custom assessment report:

Education

• American University

  Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis

  1994

• United States Military Academy at West Point

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering

Skills

• Business Management
• ★ CIO ★ How to Estimate Cost of Future Projects with Minimal Data
• Dod
• Software Project Management
• Risk Management
• Business Case
• Strategy
• Portfolio Management
• Start-Ups
• Sdlc
• Management
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• ★ Executive ★ How to Deal with Resistance to Change
• Budgeting
• IT Governance
• Ms-Project
• Strategic Planning
• IT Strategy
• ★ CFO ★ How to Align Operational Activities with Financial Structure
• Project Management
• Analysis
• Cost Estimating
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Sharepoint
• Training
• Enterprise Architecture
• Policy Management
• Planning
• Budgets
• Business Analysis
• Proposal Writing
• Management Consulting
• Governance
• Mega
• Information Technology
• Security Clearance