Showing People How to Buy the Right Business the Right Way

The Team

Representative sample of the kind of talent we bring to the dealmaking table:

Ted J. Leverette, CiBAA ™, created the consulting niche, Business Buyer Advocate ®, in the 1970s. Authorized Business Buyer Advocates using his system have a collective experience exceeding 500 years.

John Martinka has the knowledge and real life experience which gains client confidence and delivers measurable results. He has owned three businesses, led a company turnaround and analyzed hundreds of acquisition candidates for scores of clients.

Jeff Smith's was the Founder and President of an INC Magazine "500 Fastest Growing Private Company", an Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award winner and creatied a new business practice for a Top 10 CPA/Consulting firm.

John Halstvedt, CiBAA ™,  has 22 years as a business broker and a variety of startup businesses and acquisitions in retail, distribution, service and construction.

David Sweeten, CBI, BCB, CPA, was looking to diversify and supercharge his dealmaking career, so he became an Authorized Business Buyer Advocate ®. 15 years as a CPA in public accounting plus 26 years of entrepreneurial activities, including representing sellers of businesses.

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