Transferability
The ability to reproduce a business’s economic performance under new ownership with the people, rights, relationships, and operating authority available.
Transferability is the ability to move a business’s economic capabilities into the buyer’s ownership and operating model. It includes customer retention, people and know-how, repeatable workflows, decision rights, contracts and consents, usable data and IP, licenses, access, and required capital. Legal ownership can transfer while a critical economic capability does not. Test normal operations and exceptions under the proposed successor and transition plan.
Prepare evidence of what transfers, what needs permission or replacement, and who owns the remaining handover. A manual, retention agreement, or share purchase alone is incomplete proof.
Can the buyer keep producing the underwritten cash flow with the actual perimeter and transition terms? Connect gaps to diligence, price, protection, closing conditions, and Day 1 ownership.
Founder Dependency Transferability Map · AI capability and transferable rights · Workflow diligence · Carve-out perimeter and temporary services
