Louis Brill decided to become a business broker over an egg sandwich. The new father had just lost his job on Wall Street several months after 9/11 and he decided he wanted to radically change his life trajectory. He just did not know how or to what. He joined a mid-sized firm based in New[…]
Paul Tribble has been a business broker in eastern Ohio for a long time (“I won’t tell you the years because the you’ll figure out how old I am!”) and has seen many trends come and go. Like most in the industry who are still standing during Covid, he says he is amazed at[…]
George Martinez, a Business Brokerage owner in Southern California, knew that he would have to change his business model almost 20 years ago. It happened less than a year into his business. “I sold a small restaurant to an entrepreneur from Mexico,” he recalls. “The guy was terrific and his English was great. He owned[…]
A month ago, Abe Jenners, a veteran business broker from Georgia, was not terribly enthusiastic about closing deals during the Corona virus epidemic. He had deals come apart as buyers got skittish and businesses came grinding to a halt. “It has been very tough” were the words he used in a conversation in March.[…]
As a business broker of 15 years, Abe Jenners is accustomed to waiting. He says that is part of his life – waiting for buyers to make up their minds to buy; waiting for sellers to accept an offer; waiting for lawyers and accountants and[…]
London-based business broker Ian MacDonald loves to tell the story of his first deal – and how it almost came apart due to a simple misunderstanding. “I was selling a frozen food warehouse business located in South London,” he explains. “It was mildly profitable but my buyer wanted it because he needed space and workers[…]