The Deal Board

This episode is bringing all the information about doing business in Europe, about the style and some of the sales techniques people use in this latitude since some adaptations need to take place when it's time to do business with people that work differently in other countries. There are different communication patterns and it is something to be aware of when you are doing negotiations abroad, es...

If you are thinking about relocation or maybe just an expansion from your current business into a new market, the Pacific Northwest is definitely one to consider. 99% of business in Washington alone are small, making it into one of the highest percentages in the U.S., the same small business orientation is seen in Oregon. The continuous growth in this area demonstrates the strength of the economy,...

Andrew and Jessica decided to go international again for this episode, France and the UK are the places in Europe where Transworld Business Advisors is setting its offices and making good deals for good people overseas too. In Europe, retail is very strong, there are plenty of small business everywhere and franchising is also blowing up significantly. The European experts from the UK and France, M...

The technology industry is a fascinating one; if you are in the tech community and industry you will find this episode very useful. Jessica and Andrew welcome to this episode some amazing guests, one of them being Aaron Houghton, a serial entrepreneur who has started an email/newsletter software that has been one of the largest players in the industry, and also Matt Jaffe, who has founded a number...

Publishing has made some major pivoting with online content, but the overarching message in this episode is that publishing is certainly not dead but, on the contrary, is very alive and thriving. Andrew and Jessica bring two amazing guests, one of them being Gary Press, who used to be the publisher of the South Florida Business Journal and is the best guy to talk about specialty publications. Andr...

Andrew and Jessica bring great guests today to talk about personal branding. In these days with Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, it cannot be any easier to brand yourself. There are many companies destined to build a personal brand, but this industry has been around for a long time. There is a myth about not being able to sell a personal brand, but there can't be anything more personal than a psy...

The fashion industry, more specifically the clothing industry, has gone through major changes over the last few decades. The fashion world is a very big business that has a lot of innovation and change and presenting tons of opportunities, especially for entrepreneurs and people who want to do business across borders. Andrew and Jessica are welcoming some amazing guests that will go deep into the...

In this episode, Andrew and Jessica are diving deep into the fitness industry, to give you a look at what are the trends in this industry at the moment, and also what companies are selling for. They are bringing the experts to give valuable information and to talk about the trend of smaller studios, which are really thriving and being successful in the fitness industry versus the traditional big g...

This one is a very special episode, where you will hear about a company that started 40 years ago and just keeps on growing and succeeding: it is Transworld Business Advisors. Andrew talks about the founding story of Transworld Business Advisors, which started as a real estate business and became the great company of business brokers that it is today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Andrew and Jessica are diving deep into the opportunities arising in the Mid-Atlantic region. They bring the experts from Transworld Business Advisors offices in Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland to get the pulse of the market and see what businesses are selling for in this region. There are more than 20 million people in this area, 2 trillion dollars in GDP, 2 and-a-half million small busines...

Andrew and Jessica are continuing on this second episode, giving great information and resources for veterans that want to get into business. There are many opportunities awaiting and some amazing guests offer their knowledge and information about them, such as Rosy McDonough, Director of the Minority Business Office in Colorado, and Amanda Bainton from Military Office Association of America Learn...

Veterans' owned businesses are a huge contribution to the economy. Veterans are college educated, have great knowledge about how to work in tough situations, and just are perfect entrepreneurs. Veterans' businesses are known to last longer and grow faster, also veterans are 30% more likely to employ other veterans creating great opportunities and successful businesses. Learn more about your ad cho...

Andrew and Jessica talk about the huge marketplace for virtually anything in the Northeast corner of the U.S. There are about 50 million residents and 3 trillion dollars in the GDP, called the largest megalopolis in the USA with 3.5 million small businesses according to the SBA, and also being one of the strongest and healthiest growth markets. Most of the states in this area have grown at a healt...

There are different experiences that sellers have when selling their business; Jessica and Andrew have seen 12 serious mistakes that can be made in this process and they address how to prevent them. Selling a business is not easy and having a great team, including a lawyer, an accountant, and a great intermediary are vital to assure a successful deal. There is a lot that great entrepreneurs don't...

If you are looking to purchase a business where real estate plays a major component in acquisition, this episode brings lots of valuable information. Andrew and Jessica bring John Wall, a lending expert from Live Oak Bank, who talks about financing real estate as part of the business acquisition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As promised, Andrew and Jessica are bringing Robert Johnson back; on a previous episode the conversation with him about Minority Investment brought the concept of opportunity zones to the table. During this episode, Robert Johnson talks about how opportunity zones are related to the investment community in real estate and business acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Robert Johnson, the President of Transworld Business Advisors in Chicago Downtown, is joining in as a host of this episode. He is the creator of a new economic model called Social Determinants of Wealth, the purpose of which is to reach out to communities where their members do not own the jobs they work in, and subsequently, all the gains tend to leave the community. Learn more about your ad choi...

Divorce is a heavy topic that has an impact on business sales. This episode addresses the challenges and important aspects that couples in the process of getting divorced need to have under consideration at the time of selling a business, whether both used to work in the business or only one party.   The expert guests explain what is like to get a divorce when you own a business. They talk about t...

The restaurant industry represents a major part of the sales Transworld Business Advisors make every year. Andrew and Jessica are welcoming expert guests to this show, who give away some of their secrets for buying a new restaurant. Decades of experience in the gastronomy business have given today's guests the ability to find trends in the business and to find the right opportunities Learn more ab...

Andrew and Jessica have talked on previous episodes about valuation; one of the methodologies is the market method which compares past sales, multiples of earnings and percentage of sales to the sales price. It is one of the most reliable approaches for valuation and what eventually comes out of these data points are rules of thumb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a myth about retail dying since everything seems to be happening online. Retail is reinventing itself and pivoting into a new form. The experts are joining Andrew and Jessica, to tell the truth about what is going on in this market. There are tons of opportunities for people who still want to go out, touch, feel, and have the real experience of buying. The experiential marketplace has a n...

Andrew and Jessica are welcoming expert guests today to talk about M&A deals and their particular features. If your business has reached a million dollars in earnings, you have the chance to be noticed by larger companies. The buyers in the M&A market are very well represented, and building the right team to represent your business in a transaction is very important. Transworld Business Advisors h...

In this episode, Andrew and Jessica went around the world and interviewed some of Transworld Business Advisors' master franchisees from Australia, the UK, South Africa, and France and found some great opportunities for international buyers to educate themselves and find out what is going on on the world stage. Change brings a lot of opportunities for investment,  acquisition, and even relocating t...

Texas has always been great for business, but in the last ten years large companies and small business have continued to grow with a net migration of 1.4 million people moving to this amazing state. If Texas would be a stand-alone country it would be the tenth-largest economy in the world. Texas has favorable tax laws and it's very business friendly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Andrew and Jessica are diving into the topic of immigrant investors in the U.S. They bring the experts to enter into the specific traits of each visa designed for this purpose, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, the L1 Visa and the most popular E2 visa. This is a great episode for sellers to educate themselves about this potential buyer market for their business Learn more about your ad choices....