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Is Your Tampa Bay Business a Sellable Asset or a High-Stakes Job?

March 25, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

If the business’s success is 90% dependent on your personal “secret sauce,” a buyer sees 90% risk. In the Tampa Bay M&A market, that risk translates directly into a lower EBITDA multiple or, worse, a deal that never closes.

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Master Your Main Street Menu: A Practical Guide to Using the Menu Engineering Tool

March 15, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

How many of these dishes do you sell in a typical week? If you have seasonal variations, pick a representative week or average your sales over a longer period.

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The Metric That Makes or Breaks a Restaurant: Daily Covers

March 15, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

Daily covers are the total number of customers served in a day.

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Selling a Pizza Restaurant: Why These Deals Are Different (and How to Get Full Value)

March 10, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

The “Friday Night” Factor: Consistent, predictable spikes in volume are highly attractive to buyers looking for stable cash flow.

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Cash Flow Is an Engineering Problem — And Most Small Business Owners Are Solving It Wrong

March 10, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

By Michael Shea | Transworld Business Advisors of Tampa Bay Most small business owners think about cash flow the wrong way. They treat it like a weather report — something to check, react to, and worry about when it looks bad. What they rarely do is engineer it. But cash flow has moving parts, and […]

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