Although we pride ourselves on providing a great deal of attention, thoughtful guidance and assistance to entrepreneurs looking to buy, our core focus in the Danbury VR office is helping owners sell their businesses. We work comfortably and happily with businesses that are quite small as well as with companies worth $10’s and even $100’s of millions.

While there are certainly differences in the deal process between small and large firms (mainly in marketing approach and valuation techniques), the core activities involved with any business transfer – valuing, packaging, marketing, screening and negotiating with potential buyers, receiving and analyzing offers, final due diligence prior to closing – remain largely the same regardless of size.

Main Street

“Main Street” businesses, which we think of as firms having a value ranging from low six-figures up to a few million dollars, are handled through our Brokerage Group. We are confident the business owner will find it very difficult indeed to identify a comparable service to what we provide.

That’s largely because the VR approach of overseeing and guiding every aspect of the sale soup-to-nuts is unusual among business brokers. Also, the VR marketing methodology and the level of training provided to VR Intermediaries, as well as the deep, collective deal experience of the VR network of offices, is simply unmatched by any other business broker group, large or small. Selling a business is hard work and fraught with pitfalls. VR has sold more Main Street businesses in America, and the world, than anyone. There’s a reason.

At VR in Danbury, we benefit from this network and we are committed to being among the upper-echelon of VR offices when it comes to providing service and straightforward, expert advice to our clients.

Our model is 100% success-fee driven. We don’t get paid unless you get paid.

That being said, please bear in mind there is often preparatory work, on the part of your accountant and possibly others, that goes into maximizing the salability and value of your business prior to the onset of marketing. We do not charge anything for our efforts and advice in this regard, but we may advise you to invest in an independent, third-party valuation report. These reports are often an integral part of our marketing package. In addition, they generally provide great value when it comes to minimizing price negotiations and/or obtaining buyer financing, if necessary, to complete the sale. If we do recommend you purchase a third-party valuation report, rest assured we will work with the professional valuation firm throughout the process, moreover, the cost will be reasonable and will be fully reimbursed at closing.

Phone: (203) 731-2400  Fax: (203) 731-2401

Gary spent the early part of his career working at a number of Wall Street firms as an investment analyst and banker (Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, First Boston Corp, and GKM). Since the mid-90’s, he has primarily acted as a private investor and deal maker – analyzing the investment merits of many companies, large and small, public and private – and has also gained valuable operations experience along the way. For instance, Gary stepped in as acting CEO of a 300-person environmental consulting firm, with offices throughout New England, and guided that company for two years through a difficult transition period. Gary resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife Antonella and daughter Shea.

Large or small, nobody will work harder for you than VR in Danbury.

Please call (203) 731-2400 or email if you would like to schedule an initial discussion or if you have any questions we can answer.