Iron Creek Business Advisors, LLC
Experienced Personal M&A Consulting
Iron Creek Business Advisors, LLC
Experienced Personal M&A Consulting
Considering Selling Your Business?
Selling Your Business Is One of the Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make. Get experienced M&A guidance from someone who understands both the transaction and the business behind it.
Iron Creek Business Advisors helps owners of construction, building services, insulation contractors, and specialty contracting companies evaluate their options, prepare their businesses for sale, identify the right buyers, and navigate the transaction from beginning to end.
You Don't Have to Have All the Answers Yet.
Many business owners begin thinking about a sale years before they are ready to take action.
You may be asking:
- What is my business worth?
- Is now the right time to sell?
- Should I grow the business before going to market?
- Who would be interested in buying my company?
- How can I protect my employees and customers?
- How long will the process take?
- What happens after the sale?
Those are important questions—and they deserve thoughtful answers.
Iron Creek Business Advisors helps business owners understand their options and make informed decisions about the future of their company.
- Sometimes the right answer is to sell.
- Sometimes the right answer is to wait.
Our role is to help you understand the difference.
What We Do
A Disciplined Process, with Personal Guidance.
Selling a business can be complicated. Our process is designed to help you understand what is happening at every stage and keep the transaction moving toward a successful outcome.
Let's Start With a Conversation.
- You don't need to be ready to sell.
- You don't need to know exactly what your business is worth.
- You don't need to have a plan in place.
The first step is simply a confidential conversation.
We'll discuss your business, your goals, and the questions you have about the future.
No Pressure. No Obligation. Just an Experienced Conversation About Your Options.
email Mark at markdwhaley@outlook.com
or call him directly at 214-493-3749
1. Understand Your Business and Your Goals
Every business owner has different priorities. We begin by understanding your company, your financial and operational performance, your personal goals, and what a successful transaction would look like for you.
2. Evaluate Value and Opportunity
We help identify the factors that influence the value of your business and evaluate opportunities that may improve its attractiveness to potential buyers.
3. Prepare Your Business for the Market
Before approaching buyers, we help organize the information necessary to clearly communicate the strengths of your company and the opportunity it represents. The goal is to present your business professionally and position it for the right audience.
4. Identify the Right Buyers
Not every buyer is the right buyer. We help develop a targeted strategy to identify strategic and financial buyers whose goals, capabilities, and interests align with your business.
5. Manage the Process and Negotiate the Transaction
A transaction involves much more than agreeing on a purchase price. We help manage buyer communication, coordinate the process, support negotiations, and help you evaluate the important issues that can affect the ultimate value and structure of the transaction.
6. Stay With You Through Closing
The process does not end when a letter of intent is signed.
We remain involved throughout due diligence and closing to help keep the transaction organized, focused, and moving forward.
Mark Whaley - Owner / Advisor
For more than four decades, Mark has built his career in the construction and building services industries.
His experience includes executive leadership, multi-location operations, business development, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
Mark served as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions for TopBuild Corporation, where he gained firsthand experience evaluating acquisition opportunities and working through the complexities of business transactions.
Prior to his M&A role, Mark spent years in senior operating and executive leadership positions, giving him a practical understanding of what it takes to build, grow, and manage a successful business.
Today, Mark brings that combination of operator experience and M&A experience to business owners considering one of the most important decisions of their lives.
