Marc Adams unveils AI-focused exit strategy book for business owners

Marc Adams has released a new book aimed at helping business owners use AI and aligned capital to grow value fast and keep more money at sale. The launch comes as Adams says many companies never sell and most owners lose a large share of proceeds to fees and taxes.

Why it matters: - The book targets business owners trying to increase valuation, reduce owner dependence, and improve the outcome of a future sale. - Adams says the framework could help owners double company value in six months and legally keep up to 90% of the sale price. - The message lands in a market where many businesses never transact and sellers often see proceeds cut by fees and taxes.

What happened: - Marc Adams released his second book, The Secrets to the AI-Powered Exit: How to Double Your Business Value in Six Months and Keep Up to 90% When You Sell. - The book is now available on Amazon in paperback and ebook. - Adams is the creator of the Double & Exit Framework and the author of the international bestseller The Secrets to 10Xing Your Business and Cashing Out Tax Free.

The details: - Adams says 8 or 9 out of every 10 businesses that go to market never sell. - Adams also says business owners who do sell typically lose 30% to 50% of the sale price to fees and taxes. - The book promotes using artificial intelligence to grow profit and make a business run without its owner. - The book also introduces what Adams calls aligned capital, which he says is used to build a group around the business and sell at a premium multiple. - In a quoted example, Adams said a $5 million business sold the traditional way leaves the owner with about $3 million after fees and taxes. - Adams said owners who plan early can double that value in six months with no equity given up, no debt, and no personal guarantees. - Adams said aligned capital is the only solution of its kind in the world, as far as he is aware. - Adams said the book draws on more than 30 years and more than $2 billion of client growth and exit stories. - The book includes 18 chapters, real case files from live transactions, a guide to life and income after a sale, and practical AI prompts for business owners. - Companion resources include a free five-minute business value assessment. - Adams wrote the book from his boat between Venice and the Greek islands.

Between the lines: - The launch blends exit-planning advice with a lifestyle-business pitch, positioning the book as both a financial playbook and a proof point for remote work. - Adams frames the book as a response to his own experience surviving stage four cancer and confronting what happens when owners never get to sell. - The personal story gives the book a mission-driven angle that may resonate with founders thinking about legacy, succession, and liquidity.

What's next: - Adams is using the book and companion assessment to draw business owners into the Double & Exit Framework. - The broader goal, Adams says, is to change how companies are bought, valued, and sold worldwide so founders keep more of what they built. - Marc Adams continues to operate through Acquisitions4You and work with business owners across the US, UK, and internationally.

The bottom line: - The book pitches AI and aligned capital as a faster, more founder-friendly path to exit than the traditional sale process.