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6261 S Westwood Pkwy,
Suttons Bay, Michigan 49682
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About the Company
Golden Circle Advisors is a business intermediary & business brokerage advisory firm specializing in working with small to mid-sized privately held businesses. We work with owners in positioning and marketing their businesses for sale. Using a comprehensive process, we are able to identify appropriate acquirers through various marketing methods and utilizing an extensive network, including private equity firms, owners of privately held corporations and individual investors.
Golden Circle Advisors was founded on three basic principles of providing LEADERSHIP in facilitating the sale of businesses, with the greatest level of INTEGRITY that is driven by RESULTS.
Broker Biography
Introduction
Curtis brings a mixture of large corporate America experience, with a life-long influence of entrepreneurial endeavors. While attending The University of Michigan, Curtis helped found Rent-A-Byte, a computer rental business. This entrepreneurial spirit comes from growing up in a family, where the family business spanned multiple generations. Curtis was the first in his family to have a successful career by taking a corporate path only later to return to the world of entrepreneurial achievements.
After graduating from The University of Michigan, Curtis joined IBM. There he spent 16 years in various sales and sales management roles, both in the field and at the corporate headquarters where he worked in a financial consulting role for corporate clients. During his years at IBM, Curtis maintained his entrepreneurial spirit by partnering with colleagues in the operation of three Hungry Howie franchises. While a franchisee, he learned the true lessons, both good and bad, of what it takes to successfully own and operate a small business.
After leaving IBM in 2000, Curtis founded Kuttnauer Search Group (KSG), a boutique executive search firm specializing in both the high technology and private K-12 education industries. KSG clients included early stage VC backed and established software companies, systems integrators, VAR’s (Value Added Resellers), consulting organizations and private schools. KSG places individuals from Senior Vice Presidents, to senior individual contributors, plus Heads of Schools for their educational clients.
In addition to his executive search engagements, Curtis co-founded Golden Circle Consultants to work with companies for the auditing & design of sales compensation plans so they align to specific business strategies and goals.
During the most recent economic downturn, Curtis saw a need to help small to medium-sized organizations control their operating expenses and he became a Principal with Alliance Cost Containment. By utilizing a proprietary methodology and organizational intelligence, Curtis was able to guide clients to lower operating costs through supplier selection and negotiation, group purchasing and vendor management.
Curtis’s cumulative experiences from the corporate world and his own business experience resulted in the co-founding of Golden Circle Advisors (GCA). An advisory group that provides assistance to owners of small to mid-sized interested in selling their businesses.
Curtis has long recognized the personal attachment individual owners have with their companies after years of hard work. He is able to work with clients to prepare their businesses for sale and market them to the most appropriate acquirer, whether an individual, a strategic acquirer, financial buyer or a private equity group.
Most recently, Curtis became an active angel investor and is an active member of Northern Michigan Angels (NMA). NMA is focused on providing funding to early stage Michigan based companies so they can grow their businesses and increase employment opportunities within the state.
Curtis currently serves as Board Vice President of The Pathfinder School and was the President of the Board after its separation from Interlochen Center for the Arts. He also has served as several other non-profit boards.
Services Provided
SELLING A BUSINESS
Selling your business is a major decision! You have devoted your time, money and energy into creating, building, and successfully operating your business.
BUYING A BUSINESS
For anyone considering buying a business, we offer no charge consultations and an excellent inventory of businesses for sale complete with all of the information a serious buyer would want to review.
BUSINESS AUCTION MANAGEMENT
You may have never thought about having a very confidential auction of your business as you have also thought that auctioning a business is for businesses that are in distress or are simply liquidating their assets; think again, our experience has taught us the auctioning of an established successful business, when executed properly, can be one of the best methods of acquiring willing, qualified buyers who are willing to pay a very competitive price for your business.
BUSINESS VALUATION SERVICES
It may not be time to sell or you may just be curious about what your business is worth. However, there are also other reasons why a business owner might require a business valuation. Such personal matters as marital or partnership issues, estate planning or other reasons may require an actual business valuation that can be defended if litigation is a possibility. We have the knowledge and experience to advise in these matters and to prepare the business valuation if required.
M&A ADVISORY SERVICES
At Golden Circle Advisors we are proud of our aptitude and skill sets in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions. Our combination of financial analytical skills, fundamental business knowledge and understanding of how to create an enterprise that can successfully navigate the challenges of bringing together two separate corporate cultures makes us one of the best choices for writing your M&A success stories.
Our skills in this area have been well developed. We understand the numbers, but we also understand much more than just the financial implications. Putting two separate entities together based simply on numbers has a higher likelihood of failure without understanding the differences in each entities corporate culture. Anyone can put a financial spreadsheet together, but the big job is merging corporate identities for the ultimate long term success of the new enterprise. GCA has the qualifications to make sure your acquisition is successful based upon the numbers and human resources that work together to make the investment pay off as it should.
FINANCING SERVICES
Golden Circle Advisors has spent considerable time and money to be well informed regarding the options available for the financing of an acquisition. We also work with first time purchasers to help them find their dream business and provide advice on financing methods ranging from seller financing, to federal government sponsored Small Business Loans (SBA).
Our experience means we understand there are a variety of financing options for those who are seeking creative methods to a acquire their new business venture and we are glad to help.
Areas Served
Licensed In
- Michigan — License number 6501391947
Professional Affiliations
Business Certified Appraiser, International Society of Business Appraisers
Traverse City Chamber of Commerce
Southwest Wayne County Regional Chamber
School of Business Brokerage
IBBA
MBBA
CVBBA
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