Every company is for sale for the right price. If you have the buyer who pays the right price let them work out the name of the company. In some cases there may be necessary to have an one year or a two year contract with your old company. Set up a transition. If you were to sell your company when you retire you don’t care that your old customers don’t find you. But today, in the world of social media, it is hard for someone not to find you if they really want. By the way I would not be a smart purchaser if I’ll let you leave and took all the clients with you. When you sell your old company to a new owner you want the new owner to be successful. I hope I understood your question correctly.
A word of caution. Psychologically when you think about selling your comapany, you are not as determined to make things work because….you’ll sell it. If you hold in your mind that your business is up for sale, you won’t do the things necessary to make it a success NOW. So that will play against you. When that time comes, you need to pretend you will keep it forever in your mind while knowing you want to sell it.
All I am saying is to guard your focus.
