By Dennis Smith, CPA CExP CVA CBI
CABI President-Elect and Board Member
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Accounting For Success
116 Inverness Drive East, #205
Englewood, CO, 80112
303-799-9111 x203
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CABI is organizing the platform to support a more efficient business-broker marketplace. The marketplace where business buyers and sellers will more easily find each other, and the brokers to support them. A more efficient market means better results for business buyers and sellers; and more broker-involved business sales in Colorado.
Meeting Agenda
Discussion:
- Co-ordinate CABI’s existing two strong legs of the successful four-legged Successful Business Brokering platform:
- Broker Education and Conferences, in coordination with IBBA.
- Broker and Buyer/Seller Communication through our outstanding website, blog and newsletter.
- Building the missing legs:
- Co-Brokering – in support of sellers, buyers and brokers finding each other and working together to make a more efficient Business-Brokered marketplace.
- Outreach – Bringing sellers to CABI members. Educate industry trade groups and their members on using a Business Brokers and Transition advisors to successfully prepare and market their members’ businesses.
- How should CABI members work together to organize a platform for voluntary Co-Brokering for business sales in Colorado?
- What are the benefits to Sellers? Buyers? CABI Members?
- What does this mean for you?
- What’s stopping us?
Moving Forward Into Implementation:
- Forms Committee: To design basic Co-Broker Agreement and any other form(s) necessary for Co-Brokering – Peter Nemkov, Eric Landis and Dave Finsterwald.
- Qualification Committee: To develop criteria/qualification program to qualify Brokers to participate in CABI Co-Brokering – Glen Cooper & Eric Landis.
- Outreach Committee: To design and initiate an ongoing program for (1) selecting industry and professional groups and (2) educating them on benefits of using CABI Business Brokers in their members’ business sales – Arturo Ayala, Mitch Carlson and Henry Cromeek.
If you would like to participate in the committee or have questions for Dennis, please contact him at: dennis@a4s.com or 303-799-9111 x203.
