The framework
The 7 Mills
The seven dimensions a buyer examines when they decide what your business is worth. The framework is named after the seven mill types that powered the industrial world before mechanisation. Each solved a different problem. Together they made a complete system.
No single dimension sets your multiple. But weak performance in any one of them will be found in due diligence, and it will cost you.
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Post Mill
Owner Independence
Can the business run, sell, and grow without you in every room?
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Saw Mill
Documented Process
Are your operations legible to someone who has never met you?
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Tower Mill
People & Management
Is there a team that can run the business and retain key people through a sale?
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Paper Mill
Financial Clarity
Do your numbers tell a clean, defensible story to a buyer's accountant?
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Water Mill
Revenue Quality
Is your revenue recurring, contracted, and concentrated in the right places?
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Millstone
Competitive Value
Is there something defensible a buyer is actually paying for, beyond goodwill?
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Wind Mill
Owner Readiness
Are you personally ready for what comes after the sale?
See where you stand on all seven.
The free 7 Mills Score reads your business the way a buyer will. 15 minutes, results in writing.