Our revenue is split sixty percent from a highly volatile construction sector and forty percent from steady medical clients. How do we reposition our revenue mix on our three-year exit runway to attract premium institutional buyers?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Institutional buyers pay premium multiples for stability and predictability. If a massive chunk of your revenue is tied to a highly cyclical sector like construction, buyers will price in that risk by lowering your valuation multiplier or structuring a heavy earn-out. You must aggressively shift your revenue mix on your three year exit runway. Start with your V/TO® and define your target market. You need to focus your sales and marketing resources on acquiring steady medical clients. On your Accountability Chart, make your sales leader directly responsible for this target mix. Track the ratio of construction versus medical revenue on your weekly Scorecard. Set a quarterly Rock to transition your marketing spend away from cyclical industries. If your sales team is comfortable selling to construction clients because it is easy, you must change your compensation structures to incentivize medical sales. Additionally, look at how you package your services. Package your medical offerings as multi-year agreements to build predictable recurring revenue. By proving you can systematically win in your target, high stability market, you show buyers a clear growth runway, allowing you to exit with a premium valuation.