The book
The Owner’s Edge
How Middle-Market Owners Buy Right, Get Great Value, and Sell for More
The owner's playbook for buying a company and making it pay: buy right, get great value and sell for more, shown through one deal between two owners.
Eighty20 Publishing · The Field Guide
The Owner’s EdgeThe Field Guide
Fillable PDF availableAlso in print: paperback
Thirty-nine worksheets help you work through the acquisition mandate, diligence, valuation, integration and exit readiness, with completed examples from Corrigan Instrument Services beside space for your own work.
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- Preview the Field Guide: Chapter 1: The Owner Comes Before the Deal, including worksheets 1 and 2. Eight-page fillable excerpt plus sample notice. (PDF)
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Available digitally · October 12, 2026.
Read it, then work it
The book makes the case.
The Field Guide does the work.
The Owner’s Edge 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 print editions.
Editions
Formats and ISBNs
- Paperback, letterRetail list: US $29.99 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · November 24, 2026ISBN 9798908160452
- Fillable PDFDirect download: US $10Available digitally · October 12, 2026ISBN 9798908160476
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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.
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