The book
Buy the Platform, Build the Exit
How CEOs and Sponsors Go from Thesis to Sale
Buy the first one. Build everything off it.
Eighty20 Publishing · The Field Guide
Buy the Platform, Build the ExitThe Field Guide
Fillable PDF availablePrint forthcoming · February 2, 2027 · Coil availability pending
Forty-two worksheets, one instrument to a page, with Tolliver’s version filled in beside every blank: the platform thesis, the Board’s Number, the receiving dock, the add-on gates, the one-company plan, the engine scorecard and the exit evidence list. The 176-page PDF has 2,375 fillable fields.
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Available digitally · October 27, 2026.
Read it, then work it
The book makes the case.
The Field Guide does the work.
Buy the Platform, Build the Exit keeps the narrative and the method. The Field Guide holds the working paper: the instruments, worksheets and exercises, ready to fill in for your own business.
Letter-size and built to be written in: a fillable PDF, plus paperback and coil-bound print editions.
Editions
Formats and ISBNs
- Paperback, letterRetail list: US $29.99 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · February 2, 2027ISBN 9798908160858
- Fillable PDFDirect download: US $10 · Retail list: CA $26.99Available digitally · October 27, 2026ISBN 9798908160872
- Coil-bound, letterRetail list: US $39.99 · CA $52.99Availability pendingISBN 9798908160865
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Work it together.
Each person who fills in the Field Guide needs their own copy. For a leadership team, a cohort or a portfolio, ask about team and bulk orders.