Ep 38. Exit Planning, Selling Your Business, and Maximising Value with Rod Cook

Podcast: The Better SMB Podcast · David Altena

Opublikowano: 2026-07-16

Episode OverviewIf you had to sell your business tomorrow, what would it actually be worth to a buyer — without you in it? Every year over 50,000 NZ businesses close and only ~2,000 actually sell. Businesses that sell are built to run without the owner as the glue. Rod Cook spent over a year pulling himself out of the critical path of Jackson's Flooring Design Commercial to make that possible.Origin story: Rod joined his wife Leanne's family flooring business, buying the commercial division in Hawke's Bay.Investing in advice early: A business coach from day one, plus a rule to always pay hi...