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The Conversation Most Business Owners Never Have
Time To See What's Possible
Most business owners are so focused on the day-to-day that they rarely get the chance to step back and see their business clearly — what it's really worth, where the real opportunities are, and what's holding it back.
This questionnaire is a structured reflection designed to help you do exactly that.
We created this tool specifically for Canadian business owners — so that high-quality insight and honest feedback is available to every founder who's ready for it.
This initiative exists to help Canadian small business owners access the kind of strategic clarity that can change the direction of a business and multiply value and impact. The only thing we ask is that you answer honestly.
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About You
A Few Quick Details
Quick profile — most people complete this in under 2 minutes.
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About Your Business
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A few quick details to help us tailor your Strategic Brief.
Industry
Years in business
Number of employees
Annual gross revenue (optional)
Primary goal for your business right now
How long have you been thinking about making a significant change in your business?
How did you hear about this?
Business ownership
How aligned are you and your partner(s) on the future direction of the business?
How would you describe your family's relationship with your business?
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Section 1
The Future
Connect with what you originally set out to build — and where you want to go next.
1. When you first started the business, what were you ultimately building toward — for your life, not just the business? (If you have partners, feel free to speak to your own vision or your shared one.)
2. Looking at where you are now — what matters most to you that wasn't even on your radar when you started?
3. If the business became significantly more valuable — and genuinely didn't need you to run it day-to-day — what would that make possible that isn't possible right now?
Check all that apply.
Most business owners spend so much time working in the business that they rarely pause to think about questions like these. If some of these answers surprised you, that's worth paying attention to.
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Section 2
Opportunities Being Left on the Table
Identify where momentum is building — and what's holding it back.
4. What opportunities have you considered pursuing but haven't yet acted on?
Check all that apply.
5. What's getting in the way?
6. Would you say the biggest obstacles are mostly practical and external — or more about your own bandwidth, confidence, or hesitation?
Check all that apply.
7. If fear and risk were removed from the equation, what possibilities would you pursue?
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Section 3
Value & Growth
Start seeing your business the way a sophisticated outside buyer would.
8. What would impress a potential buyer about your business today?
Check all that apply.
9. What would concern a potential buyer?
Check all that apply.
10. If a sophisticated buyer paid significantly more than you expected — what would they have seen in the business that you might be undervaluing right now?
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Section 4
People & Leadership
Explore the human side of growth — where the real constraints often live.
11. How have your experiences building and leading a team shaped how you think about people in the business today?
Check all that apply.
12. When you think about the people in your business — team, clients, partners — where does communication tend to break down or cost you the most energy?
Check all that apply.
13. What would excite a talented future leader about joining and growing with your business?
14. What would frustrate them?
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Section 5
Founder Dependence
Get honest about what the business actually needs from you — and what that costs.
15. When was the last time you completely disconnected from the business for two weeks? What happened?
16. If you stepped away for six months, what would concern you most — about the business, and if relevant, about your partnership?
17. What systems, people, or structures would need to exist for you to feel confident stepping back?
Check all that apply.
18. What would be hardest for someone else to take over from you?
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Section 6
Identity
19. If the business no longer needed you in the same way it does today, what would be most exciting about that? (If you have partners, consider what this would mean for each of you.)
20. What would be most uncomfortable?
21. What would it mean about you — and what you've built — if you reached a point where the business thrived without depending on you?
The business owners who get the most from this are the ones who answered honestly — even when the answers were uncomfortable.
What you've just put into words has real value. Your Strategic Brief will surface the patterns, priorities and possibilities that are specific to you and your business.
What you do next with these insights is what matters.
22. What would need to shift — in the business, or in yourself — for the next chapter to look genuinely different? And what do you most need right now to begin?
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