The gap that shows up in every deal
A seller walks into your office with strong revenue, a solid reputation, and every intention of going to market. Then you ask for the operations documentation and it's not there.
Now you're choosing between sending them home or taking a listing that's going to cost everyone time, leverage, and money at the closing table.
We fix that before it becomes your problem.
What Closing Ready Ops does
We work with business owners in the six-to-eighteen-month window before listing. We run a structured sprint, five to ten days depending on business size, and deliver a complete operations package covering everything a buyer and their advisors will request in due diligence. Org chart, SOPs, customer and vendor documentation, IT systems inventory, transition plan, all of it.
Organized and formatted so it's ready the moment a buyer asks for it.
Who we work with
Under $1M
5-day sprint. One operator, clean revenue, everything a buyer needs to understand how the business runs without the owner.
$1M to $5M
7-day sprint. Includes functional interviews with managers and key staff alongside full document gathering and package assembly.
$5M to $10M
10-day sprint. Structured interviews across the full leadership team, complete documentation, formatted for serious due diligence review.
Pricing is scoped based on business size and discussed on our intro call.
Why it pays for itself
Unprepared businesses sell at a discount. Documented operations reduce buyer-perceived risk, shorten time on market, and reduce deal fall-through during due diligence. For a seller at $2M in revenue, that gap is real money. It's work that pays for itself at the closing table.
How the referral works
You identify a client in the pre-market window. You make the introduction. We handle everything from there. Your client shows up to market with a package that makes your job easier and their outcome stronger.
Most referrals move from introduction to sprint kickoff within two weeks.
Kari Doherty, Founder — Closing Ready Ops
Seven years operating a brick-and-mortar business. Currently active in small business deal flow and M&A sourcing. Built this service because the documentation gap is the most expensive fixable problem I kept watching cost sellers money.
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Let's talk about your listings.
If you have a client in the pre-market window with a documentation gap, we'd like to hear from you.
Let's talkOr email us directly at hello@closingreadyops.com