The Deal Board podcast is a place for small business owners and entrepreneurs to learn the best way sell a business or buy a business. Business Exit Experts, Andy Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich, lead discussions with expert business brokers, M&A professionals, and entrepreneurs that have sold a business or bought a business. Whether you are looking to learn how to sell a business, information on business valuation, or how to buy a business – The Deal Board gives you the behind the scenes of ...
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Words that Describe Business Brokers: Top 10 Attributes of a Good Business Advisor
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are celebrating the professionals who play a vital role in safeguarding our economy: business brokers! In honor of National Business Broker's Appreciation Day in May, they interviewed top experts in the field to uncover the key attributes that define the best…
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2024 Buyer Update: What Are Buyers Looking for in Today's Market?
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are giving you an update on buyers. Following Andy’s recent visit to the IBBA show, he confirms that the market is thriving and speaks to 14 attendees about the buying trends they are currently observing. Tune in to hear on-the-ground perspectives from broker…
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Businesses for 1st Time Entrepreneurs: Ideal Industries to Kickstart your Entrepreneurial Journey
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they speak about business for new or first-time entrepreneurs. Offering advice from their own experience and their observations, your hosts list a series of recommended business categories to consider for your first foray into business. They share resources for franch…
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Hiring Deal Professionals: The Team of Advisors You Need to Sell Your Business
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they delve into what you need to know to build a team to help you sell your business. Tuning in, you’ll learn how to hire the necessary deal professionals from a CPA to a business broker, gain insight into the questions you should ask before you hire them, and fin…
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Quarter Report: A Strong Start for 2024 Business Sales
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they delve into the most recent BizBuySell Insight Report and explore how it reflects the statistics coming out of Transworld. Tuning in, you’ll learn about some of the major overarching themes from the report, get Transworld’s spin on them, and discover how volum…
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Seller Story: A Full-Circle Entrepreneurial Journey
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they have the opportunity to feature a past business owner who worked with Transworld to review their entrepreneurial story from start to finish! Joining them is Laura Haftel from tugboat & the bird, a unique and high-end boutique that offers a curated selection of ki…
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Leveraging AI for Buying and Selling Businesses
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they discuss how AI can best benefit buyers and sellers. Their guest, Josh Levine, from Private Market Labs, shares his expertise in helping clients take advantage of new technologies to present businesses for sale, assist buyers in the process of looking for the idea…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they discuss the main reason businesses fail to sell: overpricing. Pricing your business can sometimes be emotional; it is usually subjective, but today, Andy and Jessica address objective evidence, numbers, statistics, and research they have done over the years w…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are discussing a recurrent and always important topic: valuation. Reaching an accurate value for their business is the primary concern of many business owners, and is a crucial element to consider while thinking about exiting a business. In this conversation,…
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Meet Transworld’s Diamond Performers 2023
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they interviewed Transworld’s business advisor, Diamond Performers. With their successful deals and large commissions in 2023, they earned a lot of money, and they share how they did it, their tricks, expertise, and hard work that helped them achieve these outstan…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they welcome JT Tatem to discuss the importance of goal setting. This year is the fourth time that JT has joined the podcast to share his knowledge on the fantastic art of goal-getting! Learn how to reach your goals by following the actionable steps JT outlines in…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are joined by an amazing young couple who share their inspiring entrepreneurial journey, hoping to motivate others to follow their dreams and pursue their business goals. A genuinely inspiring business story filled with actionable advice. Listing of the week:…
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Top Reasons People Start Businesses in each State
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they discuss the top reasons people start businesses in each state; this information came from one unique Newsletter Andy received from VisualCapitalist.com, which shared a fantastic infographic representing this fascinating information for entrepreneurs. Listing …
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they discuss what it takes to be an entrepreneur while unpacking the meaning of “working hard.” They describe the hard work an entrepreneur needs to do to succeed. Everyone’s business path is different but Andy and Jessica share today some tactical habits in order …
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they discuss Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the business world. Have you ever wondered how AI will affect small and mid-size businesses? Listen to this thoughtful conversation about this innovation, and get ready; the future is here! From Body Vision Me…
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Top Ten Negotiation Strategies (Part 2) with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they follow up on episode 156 with the second part of the top ten negotiation strategies you must know. They describe how to use the most effective techniques to communicate with clients and achieve the results you are seeking. Listing of the week: Anthony O'Neil …
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they record from the Bahamas, chilling and relaxing while discussing how to help Baby Boomers understand what it takes to retire; for that, they bring the tales from the experience of Transworld Business Advisor’s best franchisees. Listing of the week: JT Tatem is…
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Negotiation Strategies You Must Know (Part 1) with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are discussing the best negotiation strategies they have learned over the years. Andy has taught negotiation tactics for almost two decades to people in the business brokerage field and contractors, inspectors, high schoolers, and nonprofit executives. Andy a…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week, they are discussing the huge post-pandemic recovery that has been evident in the United States, and they are contrasting and comparing with some of Transworld's franchisees overseas to see how their journey in rebuilding their economies has been. Listing of the we…
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Live from Transworld 2023 Conference with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they are live from the Transworld 2023 Conference in Orlando, Florida, so get ready to feel the excitement in the overall atmosphere! There are several significant takeaways from this year’s conference; one is the recollection of these twelve years of Transworld Bu…
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How to Sell Businesses that Don’t Make Money
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they are exploring for the first time a unique topic: How do you sell a business that does not make any money? Nonprofitable businesses are sold daily; many are just sold for the value of their assets and not at all for their income. Listen to this episode to learn…
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150 Episodes with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to the 150th episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they are reflecting on the various topics they have been addressing since 2019, delivering statistics, trends, valuable information about buying and selling businesses, motivational speakers, goal-setting tutorials, and bringing the most interesting conversations…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they are talking about the economy and economics, a certainly prevalent topic in 2023. Howard Yaruss and Barry Sloane accompany Andy and Jessica in today’s episode. Howard is a professor at NYU, author of Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy …
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The Rise of Interest Rates: Implications and Strategies
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This week they talk about the implications of buying a business in today’s interest rate environment. They also provide several strategies for looking for partners and negotiating terms under a different business dynamic. Listing of the week: Tom Milana (Fort Lauderdale) is …
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Quarter Report: A Stable Market for Business Sales
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Legal Deal Killers: How to Avoid Them
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Andy and Jessica, your hosts, want to welcome 2023 with this particular episode. 2022 was a record year for Transworld Business Advisors since the most considerable volume of businesses was sold last year (stay tuned for an episode that will resume the most important statistics). Andy and Jessica are hopeful about 2023, expecting a continuation of …
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Andy and Jessica want to share the fourth part of the series that tells Transworld Business Advisors’ story with the listeners. In today’s episode, they are talking about 12 years of franchising up to the present day. Andy and Jessica interview some Hall of Famers and some original franchisees that came on board before Transworld even was Transworl…
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Andy and Jessica want to share with the listeners the third part of the series that tells Transworld Business Advisors’ story, from its very beginnings, the process of growth, until today. Andy and Jessica are starting this episode going back to 2010, the time when Transworld became a franchise, based on the idea of partnership and transforming int…
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2022 Quarterly Update: The Best Year Ever
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today they are giving an update on 2022 to help you catch up on what is going on in the marketplace. Stay tuned until the end because you will hear some very surprising statistics. Listings of the week: -Julie Smith (Oregon) is selling a design center owned by a husband and …
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Our Story Part 2 with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they continue to explore the story of Transworld Business Advisors, which not only survived the fact of having several owners but also thrived as a franchise in the U.S. and throughout the world. Listen to this episode to learn about Transworld’s growth years followin…
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Our Story Part 1 with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today, they are sharing Transworld’s story, a trajectory that began back in the ’70s. It is a great example of entrepreneurship and is filled with growth, acquisitions, franchising, and connections. This is the first of four parts where you will listen to several interesting…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast; today, they are talking about the future, specifically from an area of business consulting that is called Futurism, and for this, they are joined by two experts: Pascal Finette, Cofounder and Chief Heretic at Be Radical, and Oren Schauble from Product World. In this episode,…
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How Are the Macroeconomics Affecting the Business Sale Environment
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time, they are discussing a very current question: Are we in a recession? They agree that regardless of whether it is a recession or the U.S. is transiting, the critical matter today is that macroeconomics has a considerable impact on the business sale market, due to it…
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Why You Should Take the First Interested Buyer (But Not the First Offer)
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. Today they are discussing a very controversial topic which is why, when selling your business, you should take the first buyer who inquires but not necessarily the first offer. In their experience, the first buyer is often the right one and they are telling you why. Andy and…
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An Incredible Quarter: Deals, Sale Prices, and Earnings Are Up Again!
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time, they want to share the current Record Quarter they have experienced at Transworld Business Advisors, where deals, average sale price, and earnings are up again! This certainly paints an auspicious picture for the business marketplace! Andy and Jessica are also sha…
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Get Your Business Ready for Sale in Five Steps
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast, and today, they are talking about Jessica’s article in Inc. written by Minda Zetlin and titled Selling Your Business? These 5 Simple Changes Can Boost Your Price 50 Percent Some 80 percent of owners can't sell their businesses at any price. But you can flip those odds in you…
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How to Build a Successful Business Partnership
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board. Today they are talking about partnerships from their own experiences, which sometimes were successful and in other cases not so much due to various reasons. They both have a number of business partnerships in their careers and are sharing some keys to success, for you to know how yo…
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Description: Andy and Jessica, your hosts, welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. In today’s episode, Transworld Business Advisors’ brokers are answering this question: What is one of the major deal issues that you faced and overcame as a broker? This question triggered a lot of insight into the broker community and also into buy…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast; today they are sharing their view on the first quarter of 2022 and analyzing how some of their predictions are becoming realities in a bustling market. Andy and Jessica are also diving deep into who Transworld Business Advisors is and what it does while sharing the metrics a…
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Valuation: Listen to the Experts to Know the Worth of Your Business
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Welcome to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast! In today’s episode, Andy and Jessica are addressing one of the most popular topics in the world of business sales: valuation; and for that, they are discussing with two top industry experts in valuation. Darren Mize from GCF Valuations gives a great update on what is happening in the marketplace…
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Welcome to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time, Andy and Jessica, your hosts, are welcoming two of the top SBA business lending experts, John Wahl and Lynn Ozer, who are explaining some of the basics, including what is SBA financing, how is it used, and what business financing in general looks like in our current environment. Listi…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast; this time they are talking about leadership. Leadership is crucial, even when you are buying and selling a company, you even were or become the leader of that business and your skills as such are of great importance. The way of viewing leaders has changed; now people are loo…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time, to resume the topic started on Episode 121, about business valuation. First, you need to have under consideration that a business can be valued in different ways, depending on the purpose, but if your objective is to sell it, then this is the right show for you. I…
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Writing a Book: The Next-Level Business Card
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Title: Episode 122: Writing a Book: The Next-Level Business Card with Andrew Cagnetta and Jessica Fialkovich Subtitle: What a Book Can Do for Your Business Description: Andy and Jessica welcome you to a special episode of The Deal Board Podcast, this time they want to share their books, this idea began one year ago when each of them has been workin…
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Description: Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast, as part of the New Year’s episode, they are interviewing some of the top performers of Transworld’s network, those who achieved the extraordinary goals they set for themselves in 2021. Also, JT Tatem joins this episode as a recurrent guest to share valuable goal…
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast, and this time, as in the previous two years, they want to begin this new year with their predictions in regards to the business and sales market. They are bringing 10 predictions for 2022 and small business owners, especially for those who are looking to buy or sell a compan…
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Four Steps to Get Your Business Ready to Sell
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to the last episode of 2021 of The Deal Board Podcast. You need to get ready to sell your business since 2022 might be the year where the market turns from being a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market and you’ll have to make a decision; anyway, it is best to be prepared to sell your business at any time! Listen to this e…
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Get Ready for the Post-Closing Transition
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Andy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board Podcast. This time they are talking about getting ready for the post-closing transition; they bring a variety of interviews and experts on the show that will talk about some of the issues that can come immediately before closing or after closing. Listing of the week: Andy Shah (Richm…
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Looking for a Business? with Randy Bring, Gerald Brisson, Steven Hanson, and Scott Hislop
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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 details a buyer should know when seeking a business, and they share great tips and advice for sellers. Andy and Jessica are accompanied by experts in the industry from all across the country, Randy Bring, G…
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