Choosing the Right Team

Makes All the Difference

Their style is objective, straightforward, thorough and kind in the delivery of their assessment.

Estimate of Value

What is my business worth?

Understanding what your business is worth today is the starting point for almost every decision that follows.

Advisory

How can we help?

Our advisory services help owners prepare for a transaction, whether that’s next year or five years out.

Learn & Grow

Seminars for CEOs.

Our CEO roundtable seminars are designed to…

Welcome to BTS

Business Transition Strategies helps owners turn years of hard work into a strong exit.

We work with companies generating $2 million to $10 million in revenue, typically $500,000 to $1.5 million in EBITDA. It’s a range that often gets overlooked, too big for a business broker to handle well, too small to get real attention from a firm built for larger deals. We built our process around this size company specifically, not as a smaller version of something else.

Selling is the most common reason owners come to us, often to retire or move on to something new. We help owners understand what their business is worth, prepare it for the market, and get through a transaction with a plan they trust.

Privately owned businesses are the backbone of the economy and the source of most job creation. Helping owners transition them well, to the next buyer, the next generation, or the next chapter, is the work we care about.

Thinking of Selling? Not sure where to begin?

If a sale or transition is a year or more away, that’s actually a good time to start. Through Exit Advantage℠, we help owners build value well before a transaction is on the table, strengthening the business in ways that pay off later, whether that means a stronger sale down the road or growing into a larger opportunity altogether.

Only a small share of privately held businesses successfully transition, to a buyer, a partner, or the next generation. The ones that do are almost always the ones that started preparing early.

News

Getting Started on the Future

Recently we met with members of a CEO peer group to discuss transition strategies for them and their companies. While the group included people in differing life stages, all shared…

Assembling the Team

When contemplating or preparing for a transaction it is important that an experienced team is assembled. While the M&A advisor handles preparation, presentation, marketing, negotiation and the other myriad phases…

CASE STUDIES

The manufacturer would need to focus on growing EBITDA to capture interest from major strategic buyers and achieve a higher multiple of earnings.

Magnetics Company with High Profile Customers

What our clients are saying...

“It is a privilege to write a letter of recommendation on behalf of Business Transition Strategies. …As with any family business, negotiations need to be handled delicately and, as with any sale, both parties need to be satisfied with the end result. Quite frankly, without their help, this could not have been achieved. John Howe and Ken Schaefer skillfully analyzed the books and were able to bridge the gap between the sellers’ belief of what the company was worth and its actual worth. Their style is objective, straightforward, thorough and kind in the delivery of their assessment. After the sale was achieved to both parties’ satisfaction, John and Ken were hired to help with the adjustment of the acquisition and the financial health of the company moving forward. I can highly recommend this talented group of experienced business advisors to any company in need of clear and thoughtful company planning and adjustments.”