Joe Valley - The EXITPreneurs Playbook: How to Sell Your Online Business for Top Dollar by Reverse Engineering Your

When I was on the Gary Vaynerchuk podcast last year, we talked about my first real business. It was a hot dog stand called Southern Sams Wieners as Big as Babys Arm.

I loved that business. It was fun, put $100 to $1000 cash in my pocket daily, and connected me directly with customers. And looking back, I could have blown it up and made a ton of dough. Did I sell it? No. Should I have? Yes. Did it occur to me that I could have sold it? Absolutely not.

Regardless, that hot dog stand did something big for me: showed me that the entrepreneurial life was for me. So, after shutting it down in 2012 I left school in Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to Silicon Valley to start an internet business. I hustled, wasnt shy about meeting influencers, and eventually became one mys elf.

Since then, I started The Hustle , a business and tech newsletter with close to two million readers a day. Through my latest venture, Trends, we have tens of thousands of entrepreneurs sharing ideas on a daily basis through a private fo rum.

These entrepreneurs learn from each others successes and failures. The world we live in today allows them to meet, connect, and share ideas without leaving the comfort of their homes, the office, or the local coffee s hop.

Theyve learned that their businesses are valuable. Not just for the cash flow and freedom, but for the eventual e xit.

Over the years, Ive learned that one of the keys to success in life is to help others first. And thats what Joe Valley does on a daily ba sis.

I met Joe through a good friend of mine who sold his last business for close to eight figures with Joe as his Advi sor.

It was a wild ride that helped a single dad and immigrant without a formal education put more money in the bank than most people earn in ten lifetimes. Today hes onto a new venture that he plans to sell for a billion dollars. Yes, a bill ion.

My friend is the perfect example of what this book is ab out.

He didnt go to grad school at Wharton. Didnt attend Harvard. Hes like most of us. He hustles, asks questions, faces his fears daily, and reverse engineers a pathway to his go als.

Yes, he sets goals, and they are big. But they didnt start out that way. His first exit was less than $10,000and back then (less than seven years ago) it was a fortune for a single father living month to mo nth.

From his success I met Joe, and Joes become one of my trusted Advisors over the ye ars.

I often get offers for one of my businesses, and the first thing I do is call Joe for his advice, wisdom, and experience. I always walk away with a new perspective or something I hadnt thought of, and everything he says is always in my best inter est.

Since selling his last online business in 2010, Joe has turned his focus to helping entrepreneurs understand the value of their own businesses. Hes had his hands in nearly a half billion in exits through Quiet Lighta firm he and his partner run to help online entrepreneurs understand the value of what they have, and then exit at a time and value that is right for t hem.

Joe is a sought - after speaker, podcaster (and guest), and guest in mastermind groups and Ask Me Anythings (AMAs). And hes had thousands of one - on - one conversations with online entrepreneurs. He tailors each conversation to that person and their business. He admits its a delicate, detailed, and creative processand that thousands more who need to hear what he has to say are being left out.

Thats why he wrote The EXITpreneurs Playbook . Everything hes learned in the last decade about online exits is in the book. And as boring as the topic of exits can be, Joes voice comes through as clear as if you were having a beer with him at your favorite pub.

Its filled with real - life examples of his own, and his clients, successes and failures. It provides exactly what entrepreneurs need: knowledge in laymans terms about the value of their most importantand likely most valuableasset: their business. Odds are you know the value of your house, car, or retirement funds. But what about your busin ess?