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When you first started your agency, you had a vision.
Maybe you thought that one day, after years of hard work, a buyer would show up, write you a big check, and you’d walk away with generational wealth.
That’s the dream, but most agency owners don’t sell at all.
Of those that do, many end up walking away with far less than they expected—often because they didn’t plan for their exit until it was too late.
A must read if you are an agency owner looking to someday sell your agency to fund retirement or your next adventure.
Why Every Agency Owner Should Read This Book
This book is here to change the way you think about and approach growing wealth and exiting your agency when it’s the right time.
If you’re an agency owner who dreams of an exit but has no idea how to make it happen, you’re in the right place.
In this book, I’ll walk you through the proven strategies that successful agency owners use to make their business a more valuable asset and sell their businesses for the best price possible.
More importantly, I’ll show you how you can work with a partner—someone who is aligned with your success—to ensure your agency doesn’t just survive but thrives on the way to a profitable exit.
Growing an agency is one thing. Exiting for life-changing wealth is another. Read this book if you want to learn how.”
Josh Nelson
7 Figure Agency
Have a Plan to Growing Business Value
- The biggest mistakes agency owners make when preparing for an exit (and how to avoid them).
- The different ways to sell your agency—from private buyers to roll-ups to private equity.
- How to increase your agency’s value to get the highest possible multiple on your exit.
- Why a roll-up strategy might be the best way to maximize your agency’s worth.
- How you can bring in a partner to help you structure your exit and unlock wealth you never thought possible.
From Grind to Gold is wise, measured, and deeply focused on fundamentals that create lasting value for your agency”
Jim Ahlin
Former Owner
Roofer Marketers
Valuable for the Marketing Agency Community
- Stop going it alone: Why agency owners who intentionally build trusted communities and partners scale faster and avoid burnout.
- Escape price wars: How specialization positions agencies for higher-value work and strengthens recurring revenue streams.
- Get referral-ready: The systems and clarity needed so partners, peers, and clients actively send you warm leads.
- Leverage collaboration for growth: Why transparency and strategic connections create more long-term value than guarding “trade secrets.”
- Build wealth with joy and alignment: That true success comes when agency owners align their business with their values — not just financial goals.
“Joy and growth come when you align your business with your values and surround yourself with the right people and resources – like From Grind to Gold.”
Audrey Kwan
Owner, Coach
Agency Together
The Right Partner Can Expand Your Business
- Build Systems and a Business That Outlives You: A valuable agency isn’t dependent on its founder.
- Learn the Game You Are Playing and How to Win: Understanding the game you want to win and your timeline helps you focus and make progress before time runs out.
- Profitability Comes from Focus and Discipline, Not Revenue: A lot of agency owners get stuck in the revenue hampster wheel, its about profits.
- Recurring Revenue Creates Stability & Value: monthly recurring revenue is the single strongest driver of both predictable cash flow and agency valuation
“If you want to sell your agency someday, you can’t be the one holding it all together. You have to build systems that make the business run without you – Tony helped me learn this.”
Keith Eneix
Founder, CEO
FANNIT
This Book is For You If …
- You’ve built a successful agency but don’t know how to turn it into real wealth
- You want to sell your agency but have no idea how to start the process.
- You want to grow your income and wealth before selling so you can retire or reinvest in your next big venture.
- You’re open to partnering with an expert who can help you execute a successful exit strategy.
