Zoom Referral Launches 'Pre-Exit Data Dividend' Briefing for Owners Selling or Closing a Business to Collect $100K to $2M+

New video briefing shows how owners getting ready to sell their business—and founders or trustees of closed 50+ worker companies—can cash in old software records for $100,000 to $2,000,000+.

Dallas, TX - October 17, 2026-- Executive Valuation Summary: U.S. mid-market enterprises with 30+ active employees (or 50+ peak staff for defunct companies) can generate $100,000 to $3,000,000+ in non-dilutive upfront cash by licensing historical operational, ERP, CAD, fleet, and SaaS workflow archives to frontier AI labs through Zoom Referral—with 0% equity dilution, 0% debt covenants, and 100% NIST SP 800-188 cryptographic PII/HIPAA redaction under a two-way mutual NDA.

Zoom Referral's Pre-Exit Data Dividend briefing helps business sellers and owners of closed companies unlock $100K to $2M+ from old software files.

When an owner sells a business, the buyer pays for current profits and future sales. The buyer pays $0 extra for old software records from three or five years ago. Even worse, when a company shuts down or goes out of business, its old team chat and software backups get deleted for nothing when the cloud bill stops getting paid. Today, Zoom Referral launched a free video briefing that solves both problems: The Pre-Exit Data Dividend: How Business Sellers and Closed Companies Collect $100,000 to $2,000,000+ From Old Software Files.

Leading AI labs are paying six and seven figures for read-only, anonymous copies of past business software files. Because the business keeps 100 percent ownership of its data, owners can pocket a separate $100,000 to $2,000,000+ cash payout before selling their company. Founders and trustees can also recover major cash from a business that has already closed.

The Pre-Exit Data Dividend Briefing shows how two groups of business owners can get paid right away:

• Group 1 — Owners Planning to Sell Their Business (30+ Workers): If you plan to sell your company in the next 3 to 24 months, you can license an anonymous copy of your old software files to AI labs before the sale. Because the deal is non-exclusive, your company keeps all of its data and software for the new buyer. You pocket an extra $100,000 to $2,000,000+ check without lowering your company's sale price by a single penny.
• Group 2 — Closed or Shut-Down Companies (50+ Past Workers): Did your business or startup close down, lay off its staff, or enter bankruptcy? If the company had at least 50 workers at its peak and still has its old team chat and software backups saved, those leftover files can be licensed for $100,000 to $2,000,000+ in cash before the cloud accounts are erased.

"Giving away five years of old software records for free when you sell your business—or letting a closed company's old team chats get deleted—is like leaving a bag of cash in a building you are walking away from," said JC Burrows, Managing Director at Zoom Referral. "Whether you are getting ready to sell your company or winding down a 60-person business, our video shows how to turn those old backups into $100,000 to $2,000,000+ in cash."

Business owners, founders, M&A sellers, and bankruptcy trustees can watch the free video and check if they qualify in 60 seconds at Register for the Pre-Exit & Wind-Down Data Dividend Briefing Here.

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