For former owners and founders
Your company may be closed or sold. Its records could still be worth real money to AI companies.
I’ll tell you if they qualify. Free.Best fit: companies with 30+ employees at their peak whose team worked in Slack or Microsoft Teams.
A note before you book
The work doesn’t disappear when the doors close
I owned new-car dealerships for 25 years. I know what it takes to build a company, and I know that years of work don’t simply vanish when a business closes or changes hands.
AI companies now license real business history, the conversations, playbooks and project files that show how work actually got done. A closed company’s Slack or Teams archive can be exactly that kind of history.
My job is simple. I’ll tell you honestly whether your old company’s records are likely to qualify. If they are, I’ll help you apply. If they aren’t, I’ll say so.
Mike Shipman
Ultimate Business Systems
What you’ll learn on the call
- 1How data licensing worksIn plain terms: a buyer licenses a copy of a company’s records to help train AI systems.
- 2Whether the records are likely to qualifyBased on the buyer’s published criteria: team size at peak, Slack or Teams history, location and language.
- 3Who should applyYou, if the records are still yours to license, or whoever holds them now.
- 4What happens nextIf they look like a fit, I send the buyer’s application. If not, I say so.
Who qualifies
A good fit usually looks like this
Every company goes through the buyer’s own review. These are the starting points.
Closed, wound down, or sold and merged into the buyer
30 or more employees at its peak
Years of Slack or Microsoft Teams history
This is the core of what the buyer looks for.
Bonus: playbooks, project files, CRM records and other documents
Based in a listed country
U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Singapore or India. Records mostly in English.
The right to license the records
Or you can introduce whoever holds them now.
How it works
Three steps. You decide at every one.
Nothing to sign on our call and nothing to pay. Ever.
- 1
A short call
Twenty minutes. We talk about what the company kept and whether the records are likely to qualify.
- 2
Whoever holds the records applies
If it looks like a fit, I send the buyer’s application through my link.
- 3
The buyer reviews
If they want the data, they make an offer. You decide whether to take it.
What it costs you: nothing.
I’m paid a referral fee by the data buyer, never by you, and only if your records qualify and a deal is done. If they don’t qualify, you’ve spent twenty minutes and nothing else.
Two honest notes
Sold companies, and who holds the records
Sold, but still running?
If the company still operates under its new owners, it may qualify through a different program, with the new owner applying. I can help with that introduction.
Who holds the rights?
After a closure or sale, who holds the rights to the records isn’t always obvious. Check with your attorney. I don’t give legal advice.
Privacy
Personal information comes first
On our call, we only talk about the kinds of records the company kept. You don’t share any files or data with me.
If you apply, the buyer explains in its own review and contract how personal information about customers and employees is handled, including what’s removed or changed. You see all of it before you sign anything.
Have your own attorney look it over. I don’t give legal, tax or privacy advice.
For brokers, trustees and attorneys
Handle closures or sales for clients?
A client’s old records may be one more thing worth a look, at no cost to anyone.
Questions
What former owners ask first
Is it really free?
Yes. The data buyer pays me a referral fee, and only if the records qualify and a deal is done. You never pay me anything.
What kind of records do they want?
Mainly years of Slack or Microsoft Teams history. Playbooks, project files, CRM records and other documents help too. Records should be mostly in English.
The company was sold. Can I still do this?
It depends on what happened after the sale and who holds the records now. If the company was merged into the buyer, the records may qualify. If it still runs under new owners, the new owner would apply. We’ll sort out which on the call.
Who owns the records after a closure?
It depends on how the company was wound down or sold. Check with your attorney before you apply. I don’t give legal advice.
What about customer and employee privacy?
The buyer explains how personal information is handled, including what’s removed or changed, in its review and contract, before anything is signed. Have your attorney review it.
How much could the records be worth?
It depends on the buyer’s review of the records. I won’t promise a number, and nobody honest can before that review. On our call I’ll show you what buyers are publishing right now.
What if they don’t qualify?
Then I’ll tell you so on the call, plainly.
How long does it take?
Our call is 20 minutes. After you apply, the buyer’s review sets the timeline, and it varies from company to company.
By appointment
A private conversation, at no cost.
Twenty minutes. A straight answer about whether the records qualify.