How to Prepare to Sell Your Business




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Summary: <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ducttape/John_Interviews_Matt_Watson.mp3">Marketing Podcast with Matt Watson</a><br><br> <a href="https://www.ducttapemarketing.com/transcript-of-sell-your-business/">Podcast Transcript</a><br> <br> <br> My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Matt Watson. He has been a developer for over 15 years and is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://stackify.com">Stackify</a>. He started the company to solve the biggest challenge he had at his first company, <a href="http://vinsolutions.com/">VinSolutions</a>, which he sold for $150 million. He and I discuss how to get your business ready to sell.<br> Stackify provides the ultimate combination of tools for .NET &amp; Java developers to monitor and troubleshoot their applications. They combine application performance monitoring (APM) with server monitoring, app metrics, advanced error tracking, and log management in a single, easy to use platform for developers.<br> Questions I ask Matt Watson:<br> <br> * How do you attract clients today and how has it evolved?<br> * Were there things you did intentionally that made your business attractive to be sold?<br> * What were your key learnings from your first business that you could bring to your second?<br> <br> What you’ll learn if you give a listen:<br> <br> * How Watson got started with his first business<br> * How to stay close enough to customers to understand them<br> * How to get a business ready to sell<br> <br> Key takeaways from the episode and more about Matt Watson:<br> <br> * Learn more about <a href="http://stackify.com">Stackify</a>.<br> * Follow on <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwatson81">Twitter</a>.<br> * Connect on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwatsonkc/">LinkedIn</a>.<br> <br> Like this show? Click on over and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/duct-tape-marketing/id78797836?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">give us a review on </a>iTunes, please!<br> This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by <a href="http://podcastbookers.com/">Podcast Bookers</a>. Podcasts are really hot, but you know what else is really hot? Appearing as a guest on one of the many podcasts out there. Being a guest on a podcast is a really great SEO tactic and brand building tactic. Podcast bookers can get you booked multiple times every month on auto-pilot. Check it out at <a href="http://podcastbookers.com/">podcastbookers.com</a>.<br>