Exit Your Way®

What does Exit Your Way® do?

Exit Your Way® is an M&A advisory, business brokerage, valuation, and business consulting firm. The business identifies Andrew Cross and Damon Pistulka as its founders and operates through exityourway.us.

Its public positioning combines business value improvement and preparation for sale with selling-business advisory, buying-business advisory, valuation, management consulting, sales consulting, and growth-by-acquisition services.[1][2][3]

Publicly stated services include business value improvement, sale preparation, sell-side advisory, buy-side acquisition support, business brokerage, business valuation, management consulting, sales consulting, and growth by acquisition.

The valuation page identifies Andrew Cross as a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor® and Certified Business Intermediary®, and Justin McBride as a Certified Valuation Analyst®.[2][10]

Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.

What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Exit Your Way®?

An owner evaluating Exit Your Way should distinguish among its advisory, brokerage, valuation, consulting, and acquisition-support services when defining the proposed engagement. The public model combines value improvement and preparation with transaction execution, so the owner should establish which services are included, which legal entity will contract, and which professionals will perform valuation, diligence, negotiation, and closing work.

The official business-sale FAQ does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, termination schedule, or expense schedule. The case studies also provide limited transaction-party and consideration detail. Owners should request the applicable fee mechanics, conflicts and dual-representation policies, buyer-outreach approach, valuation methodology, engagement criteria, and dated non-confidential references before signing.[2][5][6][7][8][11]

What size transactions and clients does Exit Your Way® focus on?

The official homepage highlights manufacturing, e-commerce, healthcare, construction, SaaS, and automotive and aerospace as industries served or emphasized. Public case studies also describe work involving retail solutions, precision sheet-metal fabrication, water restoration, and e-commerce.[1][6][7][8][9]

Public case studies describe several anonymized transaction or exit examples. A Retail Solutions Provider was sold to a strategic buyer for over 5X the original business value at the end of a three-year engagement. A Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication company was sold to a competitor for 4X the owner’s initial value after a one-year engagement and a 50%+ increase in profitability.

A Water Restoration Company case study describes revenue reaching 3X+ prior annual sales and an owner meeting retirement goals with outside investment and proceeds from the sale after a four-year effort. An E-Commerce Client case study states that Exit Your Way coordinated preparation and the sale process through closing, while the owner’s value increased by over $18 million in 18 months.[6][7][8][9]

Exit Your Way publicly describes both sell-side and buy-side advisory, business brokerage, valuation, and growth-by-acquisition services. Its stated sale-process activities include valuation and assessment, marketing-material development, marketing, pre-sale company management, buyer qualification, diligence, buyer negotiations, legal and document preparation, closing, and post-sale transition.[2][5]

What does Exit Your Way® publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?

The official homepage does not state a universal minimum revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, employee-count, or transaction-size criterion for accepting engagements. The official business-sale FAQ lists general categories of sale costs but does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, termination schedule, or expense schedule.

The official valuation page identifies professional credentials and valuation services but does not state that Exit Your Way is an SEC-registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or other firm-level securities registrant. The Retail Solutions Provider, Sheet Metal Fabrication, and Water Restoration case-study pages omit specified transaction details, including buyer identity, transaction date, legal entity name, purchase price, and consideration terms, with the precise omissions varying by page.[1][6][7][8][10][11]

The official valuation page identifies professional credentials for Andrew Cross and Justin McBride, including CM&AA, CBI, and CVA® credentials. The cited official valuation page does not state that Exit Your Way is an SEC-registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or other firm-level securities registrant. These points should be distinguished from any licensing or regulatory requirements applicable to a specific engagement.[10]

The stated sale process begins with valuation and assessment and continues through marketing preparation, marketing, pre-sale company management, buyer qualification, diligence, negotiation, legal and document preparation, closing, and post-sale transition.[5]

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