# How do I stop being in business?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-being-in-business/1025202 "2025-11-28T07:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-being-in-business/1025202/21 "2025-11-30T20:01:34Z")

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> [@RHT](#):
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> I’m kind of leaning towards just shutting down in 6 months, when I think about that, it kind of feels like a relief to me. As others have stated, it seems like just a hamster wheel, rat race sort of scenario. I do well but not well enough to move to the next level, and I just want my freedom from it.

I would sell it. What you have is a job but there are other people without jobs and a few thousand dollars who are willing to buy themselves job. Your business is probably worth more than you think as an operating business even if it’s not worth a fortune.

If this business nets you six figures, someone will probably pay close to six figures for it. If it nets you $50,000, I suspect someone might pay you $10,000 for it. You offer your equipment, inventory, contact list, customer lists, and training. You can structure the sale as something like $X up front, full time on-the-job training for 1-2 months included, plus the buyer’s option for a specific amount of continuing hourly training/consulting at your preferred rate for another 4-6 months. You teach them to do what you do, introduce them to your vendors and your customers as your new Vice President, and then later, he or she informs them that s/he has taken over the business. You leave with a little cash and they have a chance reinvigorating the company while keeping your old customers happy. If they fail, that’s on them.

To gauge how much it might be worth, and how to find a buyer, you can research similar opportunities on [Loopnet.com](http://Loopnet.com), [www.bizbuysell.com](http://www.bizbuysell.com), and talk with a few business brokers or M&A brokers. Good luck.

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