Business Transition · Value-Driver Readiness

What's your business worth — and where does AI lift it?

You built it on what's in your head. Before you hand it off or sell, see what's dragging the value down. Ten questions. Two minutes. No email to see your score.

Value-Driver Assessment
Free · Anonymous · 10 questions
How ready is your business to transition at full value?
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Independent · forensic methodology · educational only

Why this is the first thing to look at

The factors that decide your sale price aren't a mystery — most owners have just never had them laid out honestly.

How dependent is the business on you personally? How much runs on knowledge that lives only in your head, or in the heads of long-time people heading for the door? How clean are your records, how modern your systems? These are the value drivers a buyer scrutinizes — and they're exactly where AI can move the number. The assessment above scores where you stand, names what's dragging value down, and shows where AI lifts it the most before you transition or sell.

The assessment suite

The value-driver assessment is the front door. Based on what it surfaces, you're routed to the specific gauge that explains why — each practical, plain-language, and built on real forensic methodology.

Business Transition & Value-Driver Readiness
The front door above. Scores owner-dependence, documented processes, systems maturity — and where AI lifts the number.
Live
General Risk Assessment
The diagnostic engine — a fast read across governance, AI, data, and operations.
In development
FAIG — Fisher AI Gauge
AI governance and readiness review: what you're running, where the risk sits, what to do about it.
Live
Fisher Web & Security Gauge
Web and system security exposure for owner-operated businesses.
Live
Fisher HIPAA Readiness Gauge
Are you actually required to be HIPAA compliant? Business-associate rules included.
In development
Data Privacy & Records
PII protection, privacy, and records/auditability — the gaps that drive lawsuits and lost value.
In development
Monte Fisher, CPA (Ret.), CFE
Monte Fisher, CPA (Ret.), CFE
Founder, Fisher Governance. Retired Texas CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner. Two decades in governance, risk & assurance (GRA) and forensic controls inside large-scale, high-volume energy and joint-venture operations — including PII/privacy and records management at enterprise scale. Independent — no vendor agenda.
Monte helps mature business owners take a realistic look at every aspect of their operation and where AI genuinely fits — the experienced peer who has worked inside large-scale controls environments, not a vendor selling software. Where hands-on AI transformation is the right next step, Monte connects owners with trusted implementation partners (referral arrangements always disclosed).
Disclaimer: Fisher Governance provides independent educational analysis and self-assessment tools only — not legal, audit, compliance, valuation, or professional advice. The assessment scores transition readiness; it is not a business valuation. Monte Fisher is a retired CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner and is not acting as your accountant, attorney, or compliance officer. Results are general and informational. Consult qualified professionals — including a credentialed valuation analyst for an actual business value — for your specific situation. Where implementation work is referred to a partner, referral arrangements are disclosed. © 2026 Fisher Governance.