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I AM SHARK · Business Readiness Center

Know Where You Stand
Before Opportunity Arrives.

Most business owners wait until a major event to understand the value, readiness, and health of their business. The MAKO Business Readiness Assessment™ helps you understand where you stand today — and what opportunities may exist tomorrow.

10 Categories
0–1,000 Score
Confidential
~8 Minutes
Why Readiness Matters

Three Reasons Business Owners
Cannot Afford To Wait.

Growth

Understanding readiness helps identify opportunities to scale, improve operations, and position your business for the next level.

Capital

Lenders and investors evaluate far more than revenue. Readiness — financial health, operational stability, and transferability — matters.

Transition

The strongest businesses prepare long before a sale, succession, or acquisition discussion begins. Readiness creates leverage.

The Journey

From Assessment
To SHARK DealRoom Live™.

The MAKO Business Readiness Assessment™ is the entry point to the full I AM SHARK™ ecosystem.

01

Assessment

MAKO Business Readiness Assessment™

02

0–1,000 Score

MAKO Business Readiness Score™

03

Insights

Strengths · Opportunities · Gaps

04

MAKO Score™

Ongoing monitoring & tracking

05

SHARK DealRoom™

Capital & deal readiness

06

MAKO Match™

Advisor & capital matching

07

DealRoom Live™

Invitation-only deal events

Ready To See
Where You Stand?

The assessment takes approximately 8 minutes. Your responses are confidential and used only to generate your MAKO Business Readiness Score™.

Start MAKO Business Readiness Assessment™

No account required · Confidential · ~8 minutes

I AM SHARK — Movement for Main Street Business Owners

Helping Main Street business owners understand, protect, prepare, and ultimately transfer the value of what they've built.

Founded by Gerard Perillo

Florida's Movement for Main Street™

One Journey. Five Steps. One Legacy.

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