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Exit Without Selling

Build a Dream Team, Keep Your Business, and Get Your Life Back

Richard Shaull, Luke Mardigian

Written by
Richard Shaull, Luke Mardigian
Read by
Richard Shaull
Length
4 hrs 52 min
Publisher
EWS Publishing
Released
2026-09-21

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What it is

The business you started for freedom now owns you.

After years of building, you're ready to step back and travel with family, take care of your health, and enjoy life. But you're trapped. You depend on the business for income, and the business depends on you. You don't want to sell or shut it down… but you can't keep this up forever.

You're not alone—76% of business owners have no viable exit plan. Only 20% of businesses listed for sale ever get an offer. And 3 out of 4 owners who do sell regret it within a year.

But what if there's a third option no one told you about?

In Exit Without Selling, Richard Shaull and Luke Mardigian reveal the exact battle-tested methods they've used to help 300+ business owners build a Dream Team, work 22 hours less per week, and add $117,000 in profit within 12 months.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

Quit being Chief Everything Officer with one daily habit that takes five minutes.

Design a Dream Team with all the roles your business needs to run without you.

Attract A-Players who act like owners instead of asking the owner.

Set up Win-Win Comp Plans so your team protects your bottom line.

Install systems that sell more and solve problems without you in the room.

You don't have to choose between burnout and a buyout. Start now with the free toolkit at exitwithoutselling.com/tools

"When I needed help… I went to Richard. That should say a lot. I'll be recommending this book to business owners everywhere I go."—Jon Gordon, 18x Bestselling Author

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Last charted October 13, 2026. Its best position was 3 on New releases in Business & Careers, reached September 27, 2026. Seen on 2 charts over 9 days of readings, the first on September 24, 2026.

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