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Step Back From Your Business
A Burned-Out Owner's Guide to Hiring a Manager, Deciding Whether to Sell, and Working Out Who You Are When You're No Longer the CEOBy Imad Muratspahic
Length3h 24m
About this audiobook
You built it, you carry it, and some nights you search for a way out. If you have ever typed 'I dream of no longer being the CEO' into a search box, you are not alone, and you are not a failure. Step Back From Your Business is a practical, ordered guide for small-business owners who want out of the day-to-day. It starts with the honest questions (could this run for two weeks without me, and am I burned out, bored or done), then walks you through writing the playbook, handing off in stages, hiring or promoting a replacement, testing a real step back, and deciding whether to keep, hand off or sell. It is written from the owner's side of the table: it is not a guide to buying a company, not a book on investing a windfall, and not a manager's skills course. Inside, you'll learn: Whether you end up with a manager running the shop, a smaller role, or a closing day, you will leave with a plan, a checklist and a calmer head. General education only; talk to your attorney, CPA and a broker before you act.
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GenreBusiness and Economics
Length3 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Important Notice
2Introduction: Who Gets to Leave the CEO Seat
3Chapter 1: Could It Run for Two Weeks Without You?
4Chapter 2: Burned Out, Bored, or Done?
5Chapter 3: The Business You're Too Embarrassed to Talk About
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6Chapter 4: What the Business Pays You Versus What It Earns
7Chapter 5: Get It Out of Your Head: Writing the Playbook
8Chapter 6: The Delegation Ladder
9Chapter 7: Hiring or Promoting Your Replacement
10Chapter 8: Managing the Manager: The Handover Months
11Chapter 9: Stepping Away for Real: The Test Runs
12Chapter 10: Keep, Hand Off, or Sell?
13Chapter 11: Getting Sale-Ready
14Chapter 12: From Offer to Closing: How a Sale Actually Works
15Chapter 13: After the Seat: Who You Are and What the Money Is For
16Conclusion: Your Next Ninety Days
17Quick Reference: Checklists, Questions and Glossary
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