Jim Stauder

Experience

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  Main Hurdman (#9, after Big 8, at that time)

  Jan 1976 - Jan 1981

  Supervisor, public accounting firm

  Supervised audit engagements of manufacturers, contracting firms, service companies, not-for-profit, and health care companies.

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  Communications Industries (Cable TV and Public Relations firms)

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1985

  Controller
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  Executive Search

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1991

  Senior Associate

  Executive search with specialization in the architectural and engineering fields.

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  ASI Sign Systems

  Jan 1991 - Jan 2000

  Senior Account Executive

  Leading consultative salesperson for St. Louis office of national architectural sign company. In conjunction with owner, turned business around from break-even to highly profitable, primarily by increasing gross margins through negotiated sales vs. bid sales. Subsequently sold the business as a business broker for multiples of millions of dollars.

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  Yourleaguestandings.com

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Owner

  Developed business plan requiring angel funding. Great idea - bad timing. Internet crash occurred about 6 months into the process of developing the business plan and was unable to obtain financing.

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  Value Vending

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Owner

  Started and subsequently sold a small vending business to generate income while developing the business plan for yourleaguestandings.com

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  Business brokerage

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2011

  Self-employed as a business broker

  Most of my business brokerage sales exceeed $1,000,000. On a very successful earn-out for a transaction with significant customer concentration, the final selling price approached $5,000,000. In latter years, after realizing that managing seller expectations is the key to successful business brokerage, I sold about 90% of the businesses I listed. However, I only listed about 1 out of 20 that I evaluated. Most small business owners are totally unprepared to sell their business and have no idea as to the obstacles they face. "How to Plan and Sell a Business" identifies 66 obstacles to a successful business sale. Show less

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  How to Plan and Sell a Business

  Jan 2011 - now

  Founder and Author

  It is so disappointing that only 20% - 25% of small businesses ever sell. That statistic has inspired to me to reach out to small business owners. If only owners realized the need to plan for the sale of their businesses, that statistic might improve significantly. That is the purpose behind "How to Plan and Sell a Business".

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  Jim Stauder's Business Exit Planning Blog

  Jan 2013 - now

  Author

  In the not too distant future, I hope to be back to posting regularly on my blog at http://jimstauder.com.

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  Biz Owner Advisors, LLC

  Jan 2015 - now

  President/CEO

  After ten previous years in business brokerage, finally, after sitting out a three-year non-compete agreement, I'm back to my first love (other than my wonderful wife) - evaluating and selling businesses for business owners.We provide no charge, no obligation evaluations for business owners to provide a broker's opinion of value, to identify obstacles to a successful sale and to identify opportunities to increase the valuation. http://BizOwnerAdvisors.com