A Private 12-Month Program for Founders

You built the business.
Now learn how to leave it.

Scottsdale Exit Lab is a private executive education program that helps prepare founders — before they’ve ever sold a business — for the largest financial event of their life.

Reserve Your Seat One-time fee · $1,000 · 12 months of access

200+ founders.

One shared blind spot.

Most founders spend a decade or more building something extraordinary — and then face the biggest financial decision of their life with almost no preparation for it. There’s no practice exit. And the professionals who should be involved early — M&A attorneys, tax strategists, investment bankers, business brokers — often aren’t called until it’s too late to make a difference.

At our Scottsdale Founders Forum, more than 200 founders told us some version of the same thing: “I don’t know what I don’t know… I’ve never exited a business before.” which can lead to paying too much in taxes on the sale, deals that stall or fall apart, enterprise value left on the table, and exits that aren’t the ones they actually want.

What It Is

A year of expert access, delivered one clear session at a time.

Each month, you’ll join a live virtual session with a leading professional — an M&A attorney, tax CPA, investment banker, business broker, or family office wealth advisor — walking you through exactly what founders need to know and do at each stage of the exit journey. Sessions run 60 minutes, followed by live Q&A that continues until the questions run out. Join in any month, and 12 consecutive months later, you’ll have received the entire curriculum from start to finish.

Format

Live virtual, monthly

Duration

12 months, any start date

Q&A

Runs until questions end

The Curriculum

What you’ll need to know — and when.

A sampling of what guest experts cover across the 12-month program.

— Understanding your exit options: strategic sale, PE recapitalization, ESOP, family succession, and more

— Building and protecting enterprise value before you sell

— Assembling the right advisory team — and when to bring each one in

— Tax strategy and structuring to legally minimize what you owe on exit

— Deal structures and terms, and what “the number” really means

— Due diligence — how to prepare before a buyer ever asks

— Negotiating with M&A attorneys and investment bankers on your side

— Life after the exit: wealth structuring, purpose, and identity beyond the business

How It Works

Built for privacy. Open to community.

We know founders won’t ask their hardest questions in a room full of people who might recognize them — so we built the room around that.

In Session

Protected anonymity

Every monthly session is held virtually with participant identities protected. You’re present, engaged, and free to ask anything — without your name or company on display to fellow participants.

Beyond the Screen

Optional in-person socials

For members who want to build real relationships with founders on the same journey, we host optional quarterly socials in Scottsdale — for those ready to step out of anonymity and connect in person.

The Investment

$1,000^one-time

Full access to the private 12-month program

Every monthly session, every guest expert, and the optional in-person community events — for the price of a single hour with most of the advisors you’ll meet inside.

Reserve Your Seat

Space is limited to protect the quality of discussion and the privacy of our members.