Not Ready To Sell, Don't Really Want To Stay?
Many business owners reach a point where they’re not ready to sell, but also not content with the status quo. Crystalliq Pathways helps navigate this transition.
Not Ready to Exit, Not Ready to Stay:
The Middle Ground Most Owners Miss...
It’s more common than you think.
You’re not done with the business—but you’re not excited to keep pushing hard either. The business is stable, profitable, maybe even growing. But it feels like it’s… idling. And really hard work.
Not quite ready to sell.
Don’t really want to scale.
Love the business, but getting tired of the constant battles.
This is what I call the strategic plateau.
The Risk of the Middle Ground
This is the point where momentum can fade, but complexity keeps growing. Often, the owners of a business can:
- Delay succession planning
- Defer growth decisions
- Miss the optimal window for exit
It’s not laziness, it’s the absence of urgency.
But left too long, this middle ground can become a slow decline.
So What's The Alternative?
The key word is options.
“What would I need to do today, to give myself the option to sell—or scale—tomorrow?”
This mindset shift creates a more focused strategy:
Tidy Up Financials
Clarify Leadership Succession
Identify Value Multipliers
Understand What the Buyer Wants
You don’t have to commit to an exit. But you do need direction
And we see so often that having a new, exciting direction can re-energise the business to grow, to sell or both.
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