How To Buy A Business Seminar is designed specifically for first-time buyers including business owners looking to grow through acquisition and individual buyers seeking to purchase their own company.
Topics include: business valuation, 401K/IRA rollovers, private equity group sponsorship, SBA 7a financing, acquisition due diligence accounting and the legal aspects of a transaction. The presenters are top M&A professionals from the fields of private equity, banking, law and accounting. Individual and institutional buyers will share their experience.
Buying a business is a team sport and we have the top draft picks assembled for you. If you are serious about buying a business, you can’t afford to set out unprepared. The contacts you make and the new information you learn could make an enormous difference in your future success.
The seminar is free thanks to the support of our sponsors. A catered lunch is available for a nominal charge.
PART 1: Wheaton, Sat. March 17th – 9a - 12p
My Experiences as a New Owner: Jim Critchfield, Accurate Biometrics
Special Topics Include: 401K and IRA Rollovers
for Business Acquisitions Business Valuation & Preparing a Business Plan to Secure Financing
for Business Acquisitions Business Valuation & Preparing a Business Plan to Secure Financing
SBA Financing for First-Time Buyers
Mary Los, Fifth Third Bank
Mary Los, Fifth Third Bank
PART 2: Wheaton, Sat. March 17th – 1p to 4p
Private Equity Sponsorship for Buyers
Kevin Murdoch, Principal - The Legacy Network Tyler Mayoras, Principal - Mars Equities, Inc.
Kevin Murdoch, Principal - The Legacy Network Tyler Mayoras, Principal - Mars Equities, Inc.
Acquisition Due Diligence
William Wiersema, CPA; Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd.
William Wiersema, CPA; Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd.
Legal Aspects of a Business Purchase
Bill Wentz, Esq.; Huck Bouma P.C.
Bill Wentz, Esq.; Huck Bouma P.C.
The March 17th seminar will be held at the IIT Campus in Wheaton at 201 East Loop Rd. Chicago seminars are held at the prestigious Union League Club in downtown Chicago.
Click the following video clips to learn more on how this seminar can make you a more capable and knowledgeable business buyer!
Joe McCaul, Joseph Associates International. Inc.
Joe McCaul is the owner and founder of Joseph Associates and presents the first piece of the seminar providing an overview of the business buying process and business valuation.
Joe McCaul is the owner and founder of Joseph Associates and presents the first piece of the seminar providing an overview of the business buying process and business valuation.
Mary Los, SBA Manager for
Fifth Third Bank
Mary has over 13 years of SBA lending experience and is presenting on the second evening of the seminar series. Hear how she explains some of the details of acquisition financing.
Eric and Sharon Ginn attended the September 2004 How to Buy a Business Seminar. Eric and his wife Sharon are now the owners of the Verlo Mattress Factory Store of Naperville, IL. Hear what he has to say about the seminar as a new business owner.
Jim Critchfield attended the September 2004 How to Buy a Business seminar and elected to retain Joseph Associates International to perform a search to locate a business that was right for him. Hear what Jim has to say about our process.
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