Lee Sheaffer is a Certified Business Intermediary, a licensed Real Estate Broker and graduate from the proverbial school of hard knocks. Her passion is helping fellow entrepreneurs succeed in buying, building, and selling their businesses, all the while helping them avoid painful and costly mistakes. She is known as a creative problem solver who makes complex issues easily understood.
Lee has spent more than 30 years working in, for, and with businesses as an employee, manager, owner and consultant. After spending many years as a self-employed business owner, she began consulting with a variety of businesses.
From real estate management and development to providing CFO consulting services to owning a restaurant and accounting firm, Lee has extensive experience in maximizing a business’ potential, including:
- Assisting owners with understanding financial reports to make more informed decisions
- Recasting financials to measure a Seller’s Discretionary Earnings
- Providing Broker’s Opinion of Value and listing/marketing packages
- Preparing businesses for sale prior to listing
- Supporting a Buyer’s due diligence
Lee founded BizReady, Inc., a California business brokerage firm, in order to help business owners prepare themselves and their businesses for a successful sale. BizReady, Inc. focuses on growing its clients’ businesses through education about value drivers that are statistically proven to make a business more valuable. Owning a valuable, smooth-running business is ideal, and owners in such a position will be ready and able to sell successfully when the time is right. Her motto is ALWAYS BE READY TO SELL.