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How Long Does It Take to Sell a Small Business?

March 5, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

Michael Shea represents the Tampa Florida Transworld office. In business since 2005, he has established a reputation as a trusted business broker across Florida’s key markets- from Tampa to Orlando, Melbourne, and more. Over the past two decades, Michael and his team have closed over $1 Billion in sold business volume and presided over more than 450 transactions. His credentials include the IBBA Certified Business Intermediary®, and most recently, the prestigious Certified Exit Planning Advisor® (CEPA) credential.

Filed Under: bestbusinessbroker, businessbroker, clearwater, clearwaterbusinessbroker, exitplan, Tampa Business Sales, tampabusinessbroker, transworldbusinessadvisors Tagged With: #sellmybusiness, business, businessbroker, cepa, clearwater, howlong, ibba, michaelshea, startearly, tampa, time, Transworld

Top 5 Mistakes For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) Business Sellers Make

April 27, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Pricing Based on Emotion, Not Reality

Most FSBO sellers price their business based on what they want to get—not what the market will actually pay. Without a proper valuation and understanding of market conditions in Tampa and Clearwater, you risk scaring away real buyers or leaving serious money on the table

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Tampa Business Sales Tagged With: blindsided, buyers, confidentiality, landmines, prescreen, pricing, stress, time, Transworld, wastingtime

Small Business Owners: How to save for retirement and still run your business?

May 8, 2020 by Michael Shea PA

Small business owners are A- type personalities. They believe they can do anything because they have. They have built a small business when the easy thing is to go get a job. Small business sounds sexy and fun but the reality is the owners get treated pretty poorly in the early stages by banks so […]

Filed Under: Business Management Tips Tagged With: cfp, exitplanning, financialplanning, orlandobusinessbroker, retirement, smallbusiness, time, Transworld

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