# The Read — long run.

> The Read is long run.'s free interactive valuation diagnostic for owners of specialty trade contracting companies (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and related trades) at $1 to 5M EBITDA. In about fifteen minutes it returns the range a buyer would actually pay for a business like yours, and where yours sits inside it, read from real private-market transactions across three drivers: profitability, predictability, and transferability.

long run. is an advisory firm for specialty trade contractors. Legal entity: Aven Ventures, LLC (long run is a DBA). Founder: Nick Delgado, an owner-operator. Location: Long Beach, CA. Not a broker. Paid for the work across the relationship, not for closing a transaction.

## What The Read tells you
- The market range a buyer would pay for a business your size in your trade.
- Where your business sits inside that range, and what would move it.

## Key pages
- The Read, the free diagnostic: https://read.longrunready.com
- What long run is and how the method works: https://www.longrunready.com
- Home: https://www.longrunready.com

## Questions long run answers
- What is my electrical or specialty-trade contracting business worth, and should I sell it?
- How do I know if my contracting business can run, and sell, without me?
- Should I accept a private-equity offer for my contracting company?

## Contact
- ready@longrunready.com