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How to Find a Business For Sale In Tampa: A Guide

February 17, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Business brokerage offices can be talking to hundreds of entrepreneurs a month to see where they are at in their exit process. Often a  brokerage or investment banking firm will receive a business for sale and already have buyers lined up in their database ready to go. If you are one of those buyers, you will have first shot at deals before they go to market! So, knowing the right business broker or investment banker in your target geography or industry is critical.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Tampa Business Sales Tagged With: #buyabusiness, broker, clearwater, michaelshea, tampa, tampabay, usf

Military Planning In Business Brokerage

May 21, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

This last week at the Transworld Annual Conference I got to do a presentation on “Moneyball” in Business Brokerage and one of the elements of driving consistency in outcomes is the application of the military planning process. In an hour you really do not have time to go into the nuance of the complexity of the process but in short. You plan with the end in mind, work backward considering a myriad of variables in a fluid and dynamic environment prioritizing what “kills ya first” to achieve the outcome desired. Here it is in a far more formal and detailed manner.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: broker, businessbroker, businessbrokerage, military, tampabusinessbroker, Transworld

CONGRESS PASSES M&A BROKER REGISTRATION EXEMPTIONS

February 21, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

On Friday, December 23, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives concurred with the U.S. Senate and, together, passed H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023—funding the federal government for FY2023. The enrolled bill was signed into law by President Biden on December 29th in order to keep the federal government open.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #m&a, broker, businessbroker, congress, finra, law, stocksale, transoworld, transworldbusinessadvisors

How to find the best business broker in Tampa Bay

February 10, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

HOW TO FIND THE BEST BUSINESS BROKER IN TAMPA BAY FLORIDA So, you’ve decided to buy or sell a business. Now comes the part where you’ll need to find professional help to assist in your journey. A good business broker will find you a reputable buyer or a promising business opportunity and confidently walk you […]

Filed Under: Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: broker, buying, CO-BROKER, communication, selling, tampa, TRANSWORLDBUSINESSBROKER

10 Considerations in a Quality of Earnings Report

December 14, 2022 by Michael Shea PA

There is a marked difference in larger transactions vs Main Street transactions.  One of the things that occurs in a large Merger & Acquisition deal is whats known as the Quality of Earnings report.  Basically the bean counters from the buyer review the work of your bean counter (hence why its not good to be […]

Filed Under: Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: banker, broker, business, cpa, investmentbank, Merger, sba, sell, sellingabusiness

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