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A framework for intentional ownership
Acquire.Maximize.Exit.

Maximize.

Stage II · Value acceleration & exit preparation

Build a business
worth more.
That needs you less.

You can build a business that makes millions and still have a business you can’t sell.

Maximize helps you address what stands between your company and the freedom, value, and future exit you want.

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For owners ready to build value, not just stay busy.

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Industry estimate · Up to
8 / 10
Do not sell1

Businesses brought to market, according to EPI.

What we work toward
Value.
Beyond today’s income

Strengthen what a future owner can take over.

What we work toward
Freedom.
Less dependence on you

Build a company that does not need you for everything.

What we work toward
Options.
A more intentional exit

Be better prepared for the next chapter you choose.

“You did not build a business just to create a job you cannot leave.”
Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™
The hard truth

The exit problem most owners never see coming.

A good income today is not an exit plan for tomorrow.

Perhaps business is good. Revenue is growing. You have always assumed that when you are ready to leave, someone will pay you well for what you have built.

But have you tested that assumption? Could someone take over at the price you expect, without requiring you to remain the person holding everything together?

The industry estimate is not your destiny. It is a reason to examine your readiness rather than assume a future sale.

See the business through a buyer’s eyes ↓
01

“I can’t take two weeks off.”

The business keeps calling, even when you are supposed to be away.

What happens when you want to leave for good?

02

“Our relationships are everything.”

A few customers, one key employee, or your personal reputation carry much of the company.

Would that business stay without you?

03

“The numbers need explaining.”

You know what the company earns. The financial statements do not tell the whole story.

Could someone else verify the value?

04

“I’ll deal with selling later.”

You have an exit number in mind, but have never tested whether the business could support it.

What would a gap mean for your plans?

Recognize your business? These are the kinds of gaps Maximize is designed to help you address.

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The value gap

What you built.
What someone can buy.

You know the sacrifice behind the business. Now ask a different question: what would someone need to understand, trust, and take over its success without you?

Your perspective as an owner

You see what it took.

  • Years of work, risk, and personal sacrifice
  • The income that supports your lifestyle
  • The relationships you built personally
  • The potential you see in the business
  • The number you need for your next chapter
Questions from the other side

Can the success transfer?

  • Can the earnings be understood and supported?
  • Will customers stay under new ownership?
  • Can the team operate without the owner?
  • Can growth happen without adding more risk?
  • Does the asking price fit the evidence?

Not just a better story to tell a buyer. A stronger business behind the story.

What your investment is designed to build

Better to own.
Better prepared to sell.

You are not buying a longer to-do list. You are committing to a focused path toward a business that works for you, instead of depending on you for everything.

Freedom.

Step away with more confidence.

Work toward a business that does not need your involvement in every decision.

Earnings.

Know what is really working.

Focus on healthier cash flow and financial performance you can explain and support.

Stability.

Stop starting from zero.

Strengthen retention, repeat business, and recurring revenue where your model supports it.

Resilience.

Reduce the single points of failure.

Build beyond one customer, one employee, one supplier, or one owner.

Options.

Prepare for your next chapter.

Make better-informed decisions about keeping, growing, or eventually selling the company.

Where value gets stronger

Eight dimensions.
One stronger business.

We examine your business across eight connected areas, then focus the work around your priorities. The objective is not to improve everything at once. It is to know what deserves attention next.

01

Earnings you can support.

A clearer financial story, with attention to profitability, reporting, and the quality of your earnings.

02

Growth without a bigger job.

Opportunities the business can pursue without every new customer creating more work for you.

03

Less reliance on one relationship.

Greater resilience beyond a single customer, employee, supplier, or partner.

04

Cash that supports the business.

A focus on cash flow and working capital so growth does not constantly require more money from you.

05

Revenue you can plan around.

Stronger repeat purchasing, retention, and recurring income where it fits your company.

06

A reason to choose you beyond price.

Clearer differentiation and a stronger case for why customers should choose your business.

07

Loyalty that belongs to the company.

Customer experiences and relationships that can endure a change in ownership.

08

A business that runs beyond you.

Stronger leadership, clearer responsibilities, and less dependence on your daily intervention.

Your roadmap is tailored to your company, its starting point, and your goals. The emphasis and pace depend on the business and your implementation.

Your business value

Know the gap before your future depends on it.

You may know what you need from an exit. Do you know whether the business you own today is positioned to support it?

Maximize helps you connect your current position with your desired outcome, identify what may be holding you back, and prioritize the work between the two.

Explore your Maximize roadmap ↓
01

Your business today.

Understand the strengths, dependencies, and weaknesses behind its current position.

02

The work that matters.

Prioritize the changes that can strengthen value, independence, and readiness.

03

Your next chapter.

Make more informed decisions about ownership, timing, and a future transition.

A strategic view of business value is not a formal appraisal or a promise of what a buyer will pay.

Your Maximize roadmap

From running the business
to building your options.

The work starts with where you are today and what you want the company to make possible. Your roadmap connects the two.

01

Define your next chapter.

Get clear on the freedom, financial outcome, and future you want the business to make possible.

02

See where you stand.

Examine the strengths, dependencies, and risks that connect your current business to those goals.

03

Prioritize what matters.

Build your Maximize roadmap around the changes that deserve your time and attention first.

04

Put the priorities into action.

Turn the roadmap into defined responsibilities and practical actions for you and your team.

05

Measure meaningful progress.

Review what has changed, what remains unresolved, and where your next effort should go.

06

Strengthen your options.

Use that progress to make more informed decisions about continued ownership and a future transition.

We guide the priorities and decisions. You and your team put the changes into practice. Progress requires action inside the business, not just time in a meeting.

Stop guessing which improvements matter. Start working toward a stronger business with a defined direction.

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Readiness in every direction

The company. The numbers.
The life beyond it.

Your business decisions should serve the future you want, not leave you hoping the two will eventually line up.

01 / PERSONAL

Know what you want.

Define what greater freedom and an eventual transition mean for you, not just for the company.

02 / BUSINESS

Build beyond yourself.

Strengthen the people, responsibilities, and operations that allow success to exist without you at the center.

03 / FINANCIAL

Make the story clearer.

Connect earnings, cash flow, and your value expectations to the information that supports them.

The Maximize Program

Another year of ownership
is not automatically
another year of building value.

Waiting is a decision.
So is building value.

You can stay busy, grow revenue, and keep postponing the changes that would give you more freedom and stronger options.

Or you can put a focused plan behind the future you are counting on your business to provide.

  • What would greater independence from the business mean for you?
  • What would it change to understand your value gap now?
  • What are you ready to stop postponing?

For owners ready to make changes, not simply collect recommendations.

Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™

Maximize.

A stronger business. More freedom.
A more intentional next chapter.

$17,000

Total program investment · USD

  • Clarity on what may be limiting your business value.
  • A prioritized path toward less owner dependence.
  • A personalized roadmap tied to your goals.
  • Strategic guidance and implementation accountability.
  • A stronger foundation for a future transition.
Enroll Now | $17,000

Build a business worth more that needs you less.
Review the engagement scope and terms before payment.

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Your Maximize investment carries forward.

Choose First Choice Business Brokers to represent you in a completed sale of the same business, and your paid Maximize fee, up to $17,000, reduces our success fee at closing.

Separate Exit agreement required. Discounts and refunds reduce the credit. Credit cannot exceed the success fee due and is not redeemable for cash.

After enrollment: onboarding, goal alignment, and the start of your personalized Maximize roadmap.

Maximize is an advisory engagement. Results depend on your business, market conditions, and implementation. No particular value increase, sale price, transaction timeline, or successful sale is guaranteed. Brokerage representation and transaction services are separate.

Your strategic advisors

The business you own.
The future you want.

Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™ brings business ownership, leadership, and transaction preparation into the same conversation. Maximize puts that perspective to work before you go to market.

Strategy · Value · Exit

Dr. Fernando Acosta

DM · MBA · MSIM · CM&AP · CBI

Business ownership, acquisition strategy, and exit preparation. Connecting the work inside a company to the value it can transfer, with a focus on the decisions that shape an owner’s next chapter.

Co-founder · Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™

Leadership · Operations · People

Dr. Leilani Felix-Acosta

Business strategy · Leadership · Exit preparation

Leadership, operations, and the people behind performance. Helping strengthen the organization so its success is less dependent on its owner, while keeping the human side of a transition in view.

Co-founder · Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™

First Choice Business Brokers · Phoenix, Arizona & El Paso, Texas

Before you enroll

Clear expectations.
A stronger start.

A commitment to improving your business starts with understanding the work.

I am not ready to sell. Is this still for me?

Yes. Maximize is designed to strengthen the business while you own it, not push you into a sale. Greater independence, clearer performance, and stronger operations matter whether you choose to keep, grow, or eventually sell.

My business is profitable. Why would I need Maximize?

Profitability is one question. Whether the company can sustain that performance without you is another. Maximize focuses on the gap between a business that provides income and one that is better prepared to transfer to a new owner.

Is this a course or just a report?

No. This is a strategic advisory engagement centered on your business. A personalized roadmap gives the work direction. Strategic guidance, accountability, and progress reviews help you focus on putting the priorities into practice.

Will you implement everything for me?

You and your team remain responsible for implementation. We help clarify priorities, guide decisions, and track progress. The engagement is for owners ready to make changes, not simply collect recommendations.

Does the $17,000 include selling my business?

The Maximize Program focuses on building business value and readiness. Selling your business requires a separate written Exit representation agreement with First Choice Business Brokers. When we represent you in a completed sale of the same business and earn a success fee, your Maximize Program fees actually paid and retained, up to $17,000, reduce that success fee dollar for dollar at closing. Any discounted or refunded Program fees reduce the available credit by the same amount. The credit cannot exceed the success fee due and is not redeemable for cash. See Section 8 of the terms for the full conditions.

Does this guarantee a higher value or a successful sale?

No. Business performance, implementation, market conditions, and buyer fit all influence outcomes. Maximize is designed to address weaknesses and strengthen readiness. It does not guarantee a particular valuation, sale price, transaction timeline, or sale.

What happens after I enroll?

You move into onboarding and the strategy work begins. We align on your goals, review where the business stands, and begin developing your Maximize roadmap. Review the engagement agreement for the program duration, advisory cadence, scope, and cancellation terms before payment.

Build the value before you sell the value

Stay because you want to.
Not because you have to.

You have put years into building your business. Make the next chapter of ownership more intentional.

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Your next chapter starts with what you do today.

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Maximize Program · First Choice Business Brokers · Terms version 2026-10-02.1

The Maximize Program

Your investment. Your next chapter.

Program fee: $17,000 USD, less any discount expressly stated on your invoice.

When First Choice Business Brokers represents you in a completed sale of the same business, your Program fees paid and retained, up to $17,000, reduce our success fee at closing. The credit is subject to Section 8 below.

Your Program details. The business covered, start date, duration, included sessions, support limits, and fee allocation by phase or milestone must be specified in your invoice or accepted written scope before payment. Review that document together with these terms.

01.Parties and Scope of Engagement

First Choice Business Brokers, through the legal entity identified as the service provider on Client’s invoice (“FCBB”), provides the Maximize Program under the Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™ brand. The customer identified on that invoice is the “Client.” References to FCBB mean the identified service-provider entity, not every business operating under the First Choice Business Brokers brand.

The Program is a strategic business advisory engagement designed to identify constraints on business value, reduce owner dependence, strengthen transferability, and support preparation for a future transition.

Services include the business assessments, personalized Maximize Roadmap, advisory sessions, and progress reviews specified on Client’s invoice or in a written scope accepted by both parties before purchase. FCBB will perform the agreed services with reasonable professional care. Additional services require a separate written agreement.

02.Program Fee and Payment

The Program fee is $17,000 USD, less any discount expressly stated on Client’s invoice. Payment is due before services begin unless a different payment schedule is expressly agreed in writing. Any discount must be identified on the invoice or in a written agreement between Client and FCBB.

The fee compensates FCBB for the agreed advisory services. Payment is not contingent upon an increase in business value, improved financial performance, financing approval, or completion of a business sale.

Although the Program fee is payable for advisory services and is not deferred until closing, amounts paid and retained qualify for the success-fee credit described in Section 8 when Client completes an eligible sale with FCBB’s representation.

The Program does not automatically renew. Additional services, third-party professional fees, and implementation expenses are not included unless expressly stated. FCBB will obtain Client’s written approval before incurring additional expenses chargeable to Client.

03.Duration, Scheduling, and Access

Services will be delivered within the Program duration and support limits stated on Client’s invoice or in the accepted written scope. The start date, duration, included sessions, delivery format, and between-session support must be disclosed and agreed before payment.

Enrollment does not include unlimited meetings, unrestricted advisor access, lifetime platform access, or ongoing services after the Program ends.

Client will respond to scheduling requests and provide required information promptly. Client-caused delays may affect delivery dates. Extensions and material scheduling changes must be agreed in writing. FCBB-caused delays will not reduce the services Client has purchased.

04.Cancellation and Refunds

Client may cancel the engagement by written notice to FCBB using the contact information on Client’s invoice.

Fees attributable to services already performed, together with previously approved, noncancelable third-party costs, are non-refundable except as required by law. The value of completed services will be calculated using the phase or milestone allocation disclosed and accepted before purchase. That allocation must total the actual Program fee after any discount.

FCBB will supply an accounting and refund any remaining unearned prepaid balance within 30 days after cancellation. If no phase or milestone allocation was accepted before purchase, FCBB will not impose one unilaterally after cancellation; the parties will determine earned fees based on documented services and their written agreement, subject to applicable law.

A decision not to implement recommendations, not to sell the business, or to pursue a different strategy does not entitle Client to a refund for services already performed. This provision does not eliminate Client’s rights arising from FCBB’s failure to deliver the agreed services or any rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

05.Client Responsibilities and Information

Client is responsible for providing accurate, complete, and timely information, identifying material changes, participating in the agreed sessions, and making business decisions.

FCBB may rely on information supplied by Client and third parties without independently auditing or verifying it. Incomplete or inaccurate information may affect assessments and recommendations.

Client and its management team remain responsible for implementation, staffing, spending, operational decisions, legal compliance, and management of the business. FCBB does not assume operational control or authority to bind Client.

06.No Guarantee of Results

FCBB does not guarantee any increase in revenue, profit, cash flow, business value, valuation multiple, owner independence, or saleability. FCBB does not guarantee a buyer, financing approval, a particular sale price, favorable transaction terms, a closing date, or a successful sale. Recovery of the Program fee through improved performance or transaction proceeds is not guaranteed.

Results depend on factors including the business’s starting condition, Client’s implementation, financial resources, management, market conditions, and third-party decisions.

Goals, projections, examples, and industry statistics are not promises of Client’s results or evidence of a particular success rate for the Program. An industry sale-rate estimate is not evidence that this Program changes that rate.

07.Business Value Assessments and Professional Advice

Any discussion of business value, potential pricing, valuation ranges, readiness scores, or financial projections is provided for strategic planning within this engagement.

Unless separately contracted in writing, the Program does not include a formal or certified appraisal, audit, quality-of-earnings report, or opinion intended for tax reporting, litigation, lending, or third-party reliance.

The Program does not provide legal, tax, accounting, or securities investment advice. Client should obtain advice from appropriately qualified professionals before acting on matters requiring those services.

08.Maximize Program Credit Toward Exit Representation

Client’s Maximize Program investment carries forward toward a future sale of the business through FCBB’s Exit representation services.

If Client subsequently engages First Choice Business Brokers under a separate written agreement to represent Client in the sale of the same business covered by this Program, and that transaction closes with a success fee payable to FCBB, Client will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit for Maximize Program fees actually paid and retained by FCBB, up to $17,000, against that success fee.

The success fee will first be calculated under the separate Exit representation agreement and then reduced by the applicable Maximize credit. The credit will be documented in that agreement and reflected on the closing statement or commission disbursement instructions.

Any Program fees previously refunded or discounted will reduce the available credit by the same amount. The credit will not exceed the Program fees actually paid and retained by First Choice Business Brokers.

The credit applies exclusively to FCBB’s success fee and cannot exceed the success fee otherwise payable. It cannot be redeemed for cash or applied toward taxes, legal fees, escrow charges, financing expenses, or other third-party costs. The same Program payment cannot be credited more than once.

Client is not required to sell the business or engage FCBB. However, the credit applies only when FCBB represents Client in a completed sale and earns a success fee. A decision not to sell, a sale without FCBB’s representation, or a transaction that does not close does not create a right to redeem the credit or receive a refund solely on that basis. Any separate cancellation or refund rights under these terms remain unaffected.

The Maximize Program remains a separate advisory engagement. The Program fee is due as stated on Client’s invoice and is not deferred until closing. Brokerage representation, the applicable success fee, and transaction services require a separate written agreement with the appropriate licensed FCBB brokerage. The participating brokerage responsible for the credit will be identified in that agreement; the credit is not a commitment by every FCBB-branded office.

Illustration only: If the separately agreed success fee is $100,000 and Client paid the full $17,000 Program fee with no refunds, the credit reduces the success fee due at closing to $83,000. Other transaction costs remain separate. This example does not set a commission rate or promise a transaction.

09.Confidentiality and Use of Business Information

FCBB will use Client’s nonpublic business information to deliver the Program and will take reasonable measures to protect it. Information may be shared with personnel and service providers who need it to perform the services and are subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, or as required by law.

FCBB will not publicly identify Client or publish identifiable business results without Client’s written consent.

Client authorizes the use of appropriate assessment and advisory platforms for Program delivery, subject to any applicable terms and privacy disclosures provided before use.

10.Intellectual Property

Client retains ownership of its business information. FCBB, the owners of Acquire. Maximize. Exit.™, and their respective licensors retain ownership of their respective preexisting methodologies, assessment tools, templates, systems, training materials, and other intellectual property.

Upon payment of the applicable fees, Client may use the delivered business-specific roadmap and recommendations internally and share them with its professional advisors subject to confidentiality.

Client may not resell, sublicense, publish, or commercially distribute the underlying proprietary materials without the applicable owner’s written permission. Any third-party platform access remains subject to the access period and terms disclosed for that platform.

11.Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, FCBB’s and its personnel’s aggregate liability arising from the Program, whether in contract, negligence, or otherwise, will not exceed the total Program fees actually paid by Client. Neither FCBB nor its personnel will be liable for indirect, consequential, special, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost business opportunities, or a lost or reduced sale opportunity.

These limitations do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or liability that cannot lawfully be limited. They do not excuse FCBB from delivering the agreed services, honoring the credit described in Section 8, or issuing refunds required under these terms.

12.Acceptance and Controlling Agreement

Client’s authorized representative must review and affirmatively accept these terms and the completed Program scope before payment. The representative confirms authority to bind the Client identified on the invoice.

Any separately executed Program agreement controls in the event of a conflict. Changes to the agreed scope, price, or material terms require mutual written acceptance. Later website edits do not change a Client’s previously accepted terms without that acceptance. An invalid provision will not invalidate the remaining provisions to the extent permitted by law.

Viewing or closing this window does not constitute enrollment, a signature, or acceptance of these terms. Acceptance must be captured separately through the approved payment or engagement-signature process.

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