The Deal Board

Looking for a Business? with Randy Bring, Gerald Brisson, Steven Hanson, and Scott Hislop

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time, they talk about the current market's features and all the deta...

Immigration in Pandemic Times with Lisa Krueger Khan and Michael Shea

17 Nov 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they are talking about immigration and how things have changed due ...

Hiring Employees

09 Nov 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board, and today they are discussing a very important topic for small businesses, which i...

Mastering the Art of Negotiation

20 Oct 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. In today's episode, they are discussing what to do when, without anticipa...

Earnouts 101

29 Sep 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they are accompanied by the experts to talk about earnouts, answer...

How to Take Advantage of a Prosperous Business Environment

15 Sep 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today they share their excitement about the future, with so many opportun...

The Economic Reactivation: The Most Important Aspects to Get a Deal Done

07 Sep 2021

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Andy and Jessica just got back from the first Transworld Conference in almost two years; the energy and the excitement of being able to get together a...

All About Due Diligence

11 Aug 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board; this time they are talking about due diligence. Elliott Holland is joining today's...

10 Reasons Why Now Is a Great Time to Sell

28 Jul 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast; this time, they are sharing the 10 reasons why this is a great year to se...

How to Find the Best Financing Incentive Options for Your Business

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board where they are talking about their favorite topic: Money! They will dive in today ab...

Cybersecurity RIsks: How They Can Affect Small Businesses

30 Jun 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today they are talking about an important subject for all small businesses:...

Trends of the Current Economy

15 Jun 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. They are talking today about the current state of the economy and what is going on ...

Growing Your Business

26 May 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. Today they are diving deep into a topic that relates to all business owners seeking...

Business Owner Stories: Grow Your Business into Your Dreamed Valuation

12 May 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. This time they are sharing with you a business owner story with Bryan Clayton from ...

Planning for Retirement

27 Apr 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board! In today's episode, they will dive deep into retirement, how to be prepared for it ...

Are You Ready for a Business Whiplash?

13 Apr 2021

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We are all excited to get back to business, but for certain, there is a little hesitancy and whiplash, that is the reason why Andy and Jessica are bri...

Celebrating One Hundred Episodes

30 Mar 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to a very special episode, the 100th! The Deal Board Podcast has aired one hundred shows, bringing you the most valuable ...

Scaling an Existing Business by Acquisition

17 Mar 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. In today's episode, they are joined by Carl Allen, who is with the Dealmake...

Small Business Solutions

03 Mar 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. In today's episode, they are joined by the experts to dive deep into small ...

The Ultimate Buyers' Playbook for 2021

17 Feb 2021

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You Are Invited to Celebrate 100 Episodes with The Deal Board! The 100th episode is just about to happen; one hundred episodes delivering valuable inf...

Business Goals for 2021

03 Feb 2021

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Andy and Jessica are accompanied in today's episode by JT Tatem from Transworld Business Advisors of North and South Carolina to talk about the busine...

2020 Top 10 Takeaways

20 Jan 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of the Deal Board. In today's episode, they talk about the key takeaways from the turbulent and uncomm...

Get Ready to Sell or Buy a Business

06 Jan 2021

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. Today you will hear two great interviews with special entrepreneurial characters wh...

Get Ready to Sell or Buy a Business

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. Today you will hear two great interviews with special entrepreneurial characters wh...

10 Years of Franchising Transworld

23 Dec 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to a very special episode since Transworld Business Advisors is celebrating 10 years of franchising! For this occasion, y...

Why Now is the Time to Buy a Business

02 Dec 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. Today, they are going to talk about why now is the best time to buy a business. Yes...

Build, Grow, and Exit Your Business

18 Nov 2020

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In today's episode, Jessica and Andy are bringing two entrepreneurs that are sharing their exit stories. You will hear personal experiences of how the...

Businesses That Thrive Through the Pandemic

14 Oct 2020

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In today's episode, Andy and Jessica are talking about the businesses that are still doing great through the pandemic. Your hosts are bringing the exp...

10 Questions You Should Ask Your Business Broker

23 Sep 2020

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Andy and Jessica are bringing to you the 10 questions you want to ask your business broker. Listen to today's episode to find the reasons why you shou...

Private Equity

02 Sep 2020

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Andy and Jessica are touching a very recurrent topic: Private Equity. Many sellers are asking questions such as: What is it like to sell through priv...

Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Business

12 Aug 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to the third part of the series in regard to buying a business. While transiting through the COVID-19 crisis the market h...

Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Business

29 Jul 2020

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Andrew and Jessica have been doing this podcast for almost two years and they prepared this series of shows including the most relevant content for bu...

Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Business

08 Jul 2020

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Andy and Jessica are starting with this episode a series of shows dedicated to outlining all the major aspects you need to know when buying a business...

Mergers and Acquisitions

17 Jun 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another live episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This episode is focused on larger transactions and mergers and acquisi...

The New World of SBA

03 Jun 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another edition of a live podcast. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are bringing up the subject of SBA fina...

What Is Going to Happen Post COVID-19?

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second live episode of The Deal Board Podcast! Today Andy and Jessica are talking about what is the business world going to look like a...

Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid While Valuing Your Business

06 May 2020

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In today's episode Andrew and Jessica will go into a deeper dive into valuation — they will talk about ten common mistakes people make while valuing...

The Opportunities That COVID-19 Brings to the Business Field

22 Apr 2020

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Andy and Jessica welcome you to the first live episode. Today you will hear about the opportunities that the pandemic is bringing to the business worl...

Legal Struggles While Buying or Selling a Business

08 Apr 2020

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Andy and Jessica are diving deep into the struggles that can arouse while buying or selling a business. First of all, having the right legal partner i...

Survival Guide for Small Businesses

01 Apr 2020

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Today's episode is a special one; we are living through unprecedented times dealing with COVID-19, and Andy and Jessica are sharing a Survival Guide f...

Growing Through Franchising Your Business

25 Mar 2020

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In today's episode, Andy, Jessica, and expert guests are diving deep into this topic. Brady Lee, from Accurate Franchise, shares how she has been help...

Positive and Negative Effects of COVID-19 on the Business Market

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica are talking today about COVID19 and how it is already affecting the economy and small businessthey explain what we can expect in the ...

Property Management Companies: Vacation Rentals

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is dedicated to talking about property management companies, specifically the market working with vacation rentals which have been growin...

Family Business Transfer

26 Feb 2020

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Andy and Jessica bring a very touchy subject to this episode, which is family transfers. Most small businesses are operated by families and a recurren...

Deal Dangers with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andy and Jessica are sharing stories that reflect what to watch out for in a deal — those situations that you wish you are not invo...

What Buyers Look for in a Business

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Transworld Business Advisors receive thousands of buyers from around the world every year who are looking to buy a business. In this episode, Andry an...

Ten Ways to Win a Deal

01 Feb 2020

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It is usual that during the first quarter of the year lots of buyers search for businesses; that is why Andy and Jessica are dedicating today's episod...

10 Ways to Increase the Value of Your Business

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica bring the perfect episode for those of you who have a business and consider the possibility of selling it in the future but are als...

20 Predictions for the Next Decade (Second Part)

16 Jan 2020

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Andrew and Jessica recommend that you listen to Part 1 with the first 10 predictions before moving on with this episode which brings 10 more predictio...

20 Predictions for the Next Decade (First Part)

10 Jan 2020

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Welcome to not only a new year but a new decade! It is the right time to start to see what the long-term future will bring. Andrew and Jessica are bri...

Business Psychology

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica are talking about the psychology of the business, specifically about the DISC system and the DISC profile with a couple of great expe...

Market Update: Business Sales in 2019 and Projection for 2020

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica want to celebrate the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 by presenting a market update regarding business sales. This year has b...

Janitorial Industry

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica are talking today about the janitorial industry, a wide one that spreads its services in several fields such as medical, hospitality,...

Changing Consumers Models in the Restaurant and Healthcare Industries

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica welcome to this episode the leading experts in the topic of changing consumer models. You will hear an interview with Patrick Fore ...

Landscaping Industry

04 Dec 2019

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The landscaping industry is a great one. Transworld Business Advisors has contributed to the sale of many of these businesses throughout the years. La...

Social Media and Marketing

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andy and Jessica are bringing expert guests to talk about how marketing can affect the sale of a business. Currently, there are so ma...

Buying and Selling Businesses in Australia (Part 2)

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy went to Australia and had great interviews to fill you in about how buying and selling businesses in Australia looks like currently. Australia is...

Buying a Business: 11 Ways to Minimize the Risks

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica have started this podcast because they realized there is not enough information about how to buy and sell a business, and one recurre...

Growing and Doing Business in Australia

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is going to be the first of two episodes where Andy and Jessica will talk about growing and doing business in Australia. Andy traveled to Austral...

Insurance Issues While Selling a Business

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica are bringing the experts to talk about all about insurance, an issue that comes in a variety of forms while selling a business, from ...

Growth Through Acquisition

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica are welcoming amazing guests today who will talk about how they grow their businesses through acquisition. They will dive deep into w...

Small Business Raising Capital

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you are wondering how can you raise money for your business, Andy and Jessica are bringing great interviews in this episode, going over the right a...

Women Entrepreneurship

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Women entrepreneurship is growing out of control. Many economies across the world are seeing more women entrepreneurs than ever. Just in the U.S., the...

The Pet Care Industry

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pet care is a huge industry, making worldwide over 200 billion dollars and over 55 billion in the United States. This is a very passion-driven busines...

The Sellers Tsunami

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all know that Baby Boomers are the largest generation in America and are also the largest generation that owns small businesses. It is speculated t...

What I Wish I Knew: Stories from Business Sellers; 1st Anniversary Show

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It has been 52 episodes of the Deal Board Podcast, one year of talking about business, valuation, different locations around the world and especially ...

Buying a CPA Practice

11 Sep 2019

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Andy and Jessica are bringing the experts to show what business sales look like when you are trading accounting and CPA practices. Ray Copell is one o...

When Is It Time to Sell?

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica welcome the experts to give their input on this matter — two great business sellers, Nathan Willis and Allie Allman, who will share...

Doing Well By Doing Good

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Being involved in your community and giving back can also be beneficial for your business. Transworld Business Advisors has been involved in charity s...

Purchasing a Hotel as a Business

24 Aug 2019

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Andrew and Jessica welcome the experts to discuss the hotel business industry. Robert Cunio, CBI, CBB, MBA, President of Transworld Business Advisors,...

Dynamics of the Small Business Market in the Southeast

21 Aug 2019

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The Southeast is a great place for doing business and lots of companies are deciding to relocate there. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia co...

Doing Business in Europe

14 Aug 2019

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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 latit...

The Pacific Northwest

07 Aug 2019

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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 ...

International show: Europe

24 Jul 2019

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Andrew and Jessica decided to go international again for this episode, France and the UK are the places in Europe where Transworld Business Advisors i...

Technology Industry

17 Jul 2019

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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...

The Publishing Industry

10 Jul 2019

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Publishing has made some major pivoting with online content, but the overarching message in this episode is that publishing is certainly not dead but,...

Personal Branding

03 Jul 2019

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Andrew and Jessica bring great guests today to talk about personal branding. In these days with Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, it cannot be any eas...

The Fashion Industry

26 Jun 2019

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The fashion industry, more specifically the clothing industry, has gone through major changes over the last few decades. The fashion world is a very b...

The Fitness Industry

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 momen...

Celebrating 40 years of Transworld Business Advisors

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 Tran...

The Mid-Atlantic Region

05 Jun 2019

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Andrew and Jessica are diving deep into the opportunities arising in the Mid-Atlantic region. They bring the experts from Transworld Business Advisors...

Veterans' Owned Businesses Part 2

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica are continuing on this second episode, giving great information and resources for veterans that want to get into business. There ar...

Veterans' Owned Businesses Part 1

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Veterans' owned businesses are a huge contribution to the economy. Veterans are college educated, have great knowledge about how to work in tough situ...

Northeast Corner of U.S.

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

12 Fatal Mistakes While Selling Your Business

08 May 2019

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There are different experiences that sellers have when selling their business; Jessica and Andrew have seen 12 serious mistakes that can be made in th...

Real Estate and Business

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you are looking to purchase a business where real estate plays a major component in acquisition, this episode brings lots of valuable information. ...

Opportunity Zones

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As promised, Andrew and Jessica are bringing Robert Johnson back; on a previous episode the conversation with him about Minority Investment brought th...

Minority Investments and Business Acquisitions

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Selling a Business While Getting Divorced

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Restaurant Industry

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The restaurant industry represents a major part of the sales Transworld Business Advisors make every year. Andrew and Jessica are welcoming expert gue...

Rules of Thumb

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica have talked on previous episodes about valuation; one of the methodologies is the market method which compares past sales, multiple...

The Reinvention of Retail

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 exper...

Mergers and Acquisitions

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 dol...

International Markets

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andrew and Jessica went around the world and interviewed some of Transworld Business Advisors' master franchisees from Australia, the...

Everything is Bigger in Texas

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Immigrating to the U.S.A.

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

How World Events Affect Small Business Owners

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andy and Jessica inspired on the latest US government shut down for 34 days decided to dive into the topic of how this large economics events affect b...

Marketing and Social Media Strategies

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica, along with two amazing guests, Kerry Cole, Executive director of Becca Cosmetics, and Corey Saban, founder of Videobolt.com, are p...

Benefits of Seller Financing

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica dive deep into seller financing, which is a loan given by the seller who acts like a bank and is a crucial component in buying a bu...

How to Fix & Flip a Business

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Jessica are talking in this episode about "flippers." That is the name given to buyers that acquire multiple businesses knowing they could ...