Lunch & Learn: Buying, Selling or Franchising a Business

Purchasing an existing business or franchise is a great way to explore entrepreneurship. Learn how to properly select and purchase an existing business or franchise, how to prepare your business for sale, and strategies to properly value a business. If you have any sort of question related to the business of franchising, we've got the answers at this upcoming workshop in Fort Walton Beach on Wednesday, April 5 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. — so come enjoy lunch and soak up the knowledge, experience, and insights from a proven franchise and entrepreneurial professional. Lunch provided compliments of Live Oak Bank. Gerard Perillo is a business broker with over 25 years of experience helping entrepreneurs buy and sell businesses. He holds an MBA from Jacksonville University and is a licensed commercial real estate agent in Florida. He and his team have real estate reciprocity in 42 states. He has been a trusted advisor in millions of dollars of business sale transactions. Learn more about him below and here. You'll also connect with the SBDC and its widespread small business support we can offer you at no cost as well as resource partners. REGISTER NOW at sbdc.uwf.edu! Speaker: Gerard Perillo, III BCA, CBI, MBA/JD, Team Managing Broker, EXP Commercial Brokerage Division; Business Certified Appraiser and owns BizBuySell Consulting, LLC; and co-founder of Today's Val, LLC