{"id":94,"date":"2026-02-02T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/?p=94"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:53:06","slug":"is-losing-500000-something-youre-willing-to-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/is-losing-500000-something-youre-willing-to-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Is losing $500,000 something you&#8217;re willing to risk?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Of course not.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s exactly what Rick did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick ran a roofing business doing $2M in revenue and $450K profit. After 15 years, he was ready to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He got a $1.5M offer.<br><br>He turned it down.<br><br>Why? Because someone once told him a business is worth 1\u00d7 revenue. No valuation. No expert advice. Just a gut feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The buyer moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A year later, Rick was burned out. Sales dropped to $1.7M.<br>The next offer? Still $1.5M\u2014but now with an <strong>earnout<\/strong> to hedge the decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By chasing a made-up number, Rick lost time, leverage, and potentially <strong>$500K+<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom Line: What you <em>think<\/em> your business is worth doesn\u2019t matter. What the market says <em>does<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If selling is even remotely on your radar\u2014now or within a couple years\u2014let\u2019s talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I might be interested in buying directly. And if it\u2019s not the right fit, I can introduce you to a broker or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No pressure.<\/strong> Just a quick call to help you make smart moves. <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/chad-humphrey\/\">Book some time, it could save you $500k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course not. But that\u2019s exactly what Rick did. Rick ran a roofing business doing $2M in revenue and $450K profit. After 15 years, he was ready to sell. He got a $1.5M offer. He turned it down. Why? Because someone once told him a business is worth 1\u00d7 revenue. No valuation. No expert advice. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchkeeperholdings.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}