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Just because you are going to be consumed with trying to make this deal for the next few months—and may be passing the reins onto someone else—that doesn't mean you can start slacking on the core of your business. You are going to have to keep up the same performance during the process to be able to close on the initial terms. That's true of your growth rate, reputation, revenues, and profitability.

Buyers also want to see that you are setting them up to continue succeeding after the sale. This is why founders will often have noncompete clauses and will be asked to stay on to keep things working for several years after the sale. In most cases, they don't want you to dump a company on their books that is about to fall apart.