Course

The first 90 days

What to change, what to leave alone, and the order to do it in.

$150

Course purpose

Who this course is for

This course is for a new owner preparing for takeover or already inside the first quarter after closing. It addresses the pressure to prove ownership without damaging the customer relationships, employee knowledge, and operating routines that were just purchased.

The first quarter creates two opposing risks. Changing everything immediately can destroy trust and institutional knowledge. Waiting too long can waste the period when employees and customers expect the new owner to establish priorities.

The course divides the transition into observation, stabilization, and deliberate change. It helps the owner decide what must be secured on day one, what needs to be understood before it moves, and which early corrections protect cash, customers, or employees.

The plan is specific enough to guide the week but flexible enough to change when the new owner learns that the seller's version of the operation was incomplete.

Each phase uses a small set of operating signals so the owner can distinguish normal transition noise from a customer, cash, staffing, or service problem that needs immediate attention.

Course outcomes

What you should be able to do

Prepare the day-one operational and communication handoff.
Run a listening period with clear questions and owners.
Separate urgent controls from changes that should wait for evidence.
Build a sequenced 30, 60, and 90-day operating plan.

Section 1

Day one

Secure access, payroll, banking, insurance, vendors, customers, and the seller handoff without staging a redesign.

Section 2

The listening period

Learn how the work moves, who holds knowledge, and where the written process differs from reality.

Section 3

Customer communication

Plan a transition message that protects continuity and makes the right commitments.

Section 4

Change versus preserve

Use risk and evidence to decide what moves now, later, or not at all.

Section 5

The quarterly plan

Assign measures, owners, dates, and review points across the first 90 days.

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The course deliverable

The paid course includes a 90-day planning worksheet and transition communication structure. The output names what will be learned, changed, measured, and deliberately left alone.

Before you start

No operating course is required first. Buyers can use it before closing to prepare the takeover plan.

Continue the work

Business acquisition guideReview the path that leads into takeover.Continue to inheriting a teamFocus on the people and key-person risks inside the transition.Operating a Business packageSee the complete six-course operating program.

What you are and are not buying

Before you open a course you can have all of your money back, for any reason. Opening it delivers it, and after that the purchase is final.

That guarantee covers the instruction. It does not cover whether you buy a business, or what any business you buy earns or sells for. Nobody can honestly promise that, and anyone who does is selling you something.

There is no time limit on the first half of that and no exception to the second. Open nothing and ask, and you get everything back. Open it and it is yours.

Results vary. Nothing here is financial, legal, or tax advice.