BUY / READINESS
BEFORE YOU HUNT DEALS, KNOW WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY.
Align capital, financing, criteria, operating capacity, and timeline before emotion starts negotiating against you.
Readiness turns “I want to buy a business” into an acquisition mandate that can close.
Buyer Readiness Diagnostic // TOOL
What Matters Before the Next Move
READINESS SCORE0NOT READY YET
Decision Board // Buyer Readiness
What Matters Before the Next Move
01Know your range
02Define operator fit
03Underwrite returns
04Move when fit is real
DECISION INTELLIGENCE
Signals That Change the Decision
Financing Panel // Buyer Readiness
Can the Deal Carry the Capital Stack?
Acquisition capital should be evaluated with purchase price, normalized earnings, buyer equity, seller participation, working-capital needs, and debt-service pressure.
01Buyer equity
02Senior acquisition debt
03SBA or conventional pathways where applicable
04Seller financing / seller note
05Working capital and reserves
THE NEXT MOVE
MOVE THE DEAL FORWARD—OR KILL IT FOR A GOOD REASON.
Use the next layer only when the evidence earns it. Discovery should lead to analysis. Analysis should lead to financing, diligence, structure, or a disciplined no.
QUESTIONS / ANSWERS
Questions Worth Answering Before You Move
What is the purpose of Buyer Readiness?
Buyer Readiness helps acquisition participants make a more structured decision using the information, workflow, or market context relevant to this stage of a transaction.
Does Distilled Acquire guarantee that a deal will close?
No. Distilled Acquire provides public discovery, structured intelligence, tools, routing, and marketplace context. Outcomes depend on the parties, diligence, financing, advisors, documentation, negotiation, and deal-specific facts.
Where does the deal math come from?
Deterministic acquisition calculations are intended to be handled by acquisition-core. Distilled Acquire owns public presentation, discovery, conversion, and thin integration around those outputs.
Should I rely on one score or tool to make an acquisition decision?
No. A tool can expose economics or risk signals, but serious decisions combine financial analysis, diligence, financing, operating fit, structure, professional advice, and judgment.
What should a buyer define before pursuing deals?
Target size, geography, industry, available equity, financing capacity, desired owner role, return expectations, timeline, and the risks the buyer is willing to operate.