ExitReadiness®️ PODCAST

About ExitReadiness®️ PODCAST

The ExitReadiness® PODCAST is the exit planning podcast for business owners who want to sell, transfer, or step back from their business on their own terms. Hosts Pat Ennis, CExP™ and Walter Deyhle, CPA, CExP™, CEPA of ENNIS Legacy Partners talk with M&A advisors, attorneys, CPAs, valuation experts, and owners who have been through it. Each episode covers practical steps to build a more valuable, transferable business: increasing business value, reducing owner dependency, succession planning, selling to a third party, ESOPs and employee buyouts, family business transitions, buy-sell agreements, tax planning before a sale, due diligence, and what life after the exit actually looks like. Whether you're 10 years out or 10 months out, there's something here for you. Subscribe wherever you listen, and visit exitreadiness.com to take your free ExitReadiness® DIY™ Assessment.

Publisher

Pat Ennis & Walter Deyhle · ENNIS Legacy Partners

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Aug 2018

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

62 of 196 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Get Rid of Your Crap Ft. Dale Tuttle

   Host Pat Ennis interviews Dale Tuttle about decluttering your business for a regret-proof exit.

2. 

   2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Operational Due Diligence Ft. Tim Van Mieghem

   Pat Ennis and Walter Deyhle interview Tim Van Mieghem, Founding Partner of The ProAction Group, about operational due diligence and its importance for increasing business value before a sale.

3. 

   19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AI Workflow Automations for Professional Services Businesses

   Host Pat Ennis and Guest Scott Samborn, Founder of Aspen Management Group, explore how AI workflow automation transforms professional services businesses for greater efficiency and value.

Inside a recent episode

Get Rid of Your Crap Ft. Dale Tuttle

Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It doesn't matter what the time is. They have to keep their images. There's no reason to keep them after five or seven years or whatever it is. There's just no reason because it's got a patient's name, a bunch of other, you know, personally identifiable information in it. Why keep it? It's costing you to keep it. And it's a liability to keep it. So that, that is like a really bad thing, but you know, I think a lot of it comes down to why keep stuff that just might be even factually still true, but might tell a different story than you're trying to tell a potential buyer. Or maybe have some bad financial results from eight years ago. […]

Who has been a guest on ExitReadiness®️ PODCAST

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dale Tuttle
• Tim Van Mieghem
• Scott Samborn
• Jürgen Dauk
• Danielle Verderosa

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

23,166

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

54

Social presence

91

YouTube

76

Engagement

76

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