We turn owner-operators into CEOs.
ExitWorks is an Atlanta-area advisory firm that works with founder-led businesses to remove owner dependency, whether they're planning to leave their business in 2 years or 20. The firm runs a full diagnostic across 24 growth drivers, sequences priorities by impact, and then installs leadership, decision-making, financial, and revenue systems rather than delivering recommendations alone, backed by an outcome guarantee.
ExitWorks focuses on professional services and manufacturing businesses doing at least $1M in annual revenue and measures the outcome with a 30-day owner absence test. Founder Steven Nootbaar is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®) who previously spent roughly a decade as the operational backbone of a Florida insurance agency, building it from a 15-person mom-and-pop shop to the #1 general agency for Florida Blue in the state, further operating as a national brokerage when it was ultimately acquired.
Exit Planning
One-time assessment scoring the business against best-in-class operators, then calculating the transferable value currently locked behind that gap. The output is a Year One roadmap built as four 90-day cycles, each with named big rocks, an owner assigned inside the business, defined key results, and the scorecard signals that prove the outcomes. For professional services and manufacturing businesses at any revenue level. The fee rolls into execution paths that start at $1M in revenue.
Exit Planning
Month-to-month supervised installation for founders executing the diagnostic's prioritized roadmap themselves. Defined OKRs govern each 90-day cycle, every cycle installs a structural artifact, and the roadmap is re-sequenced as the business responds. For professional services and manufacturing businesses above $1M in revenue. The absence-test guarantee is not included at this level.
Exit Planning
Twelve-month done-with-you engagement that installs the leadership, decision-making, financial, and revenue systems needed for the business to operate without the founder. Outcome is guaranteed, measured with a 30-day owner absence test. Aimed at professional services and manufacturing businesses doing at least $1M in annual revenue.
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