Opportunities in Business
40+ Years of Experience
Established in 1981, we’ve actively listed and sold businesses for over 40 years. There is no substitute for experience.
Buy a Business
Our buyers are individuals, as well as companies that want to expand and/or diversify through acquisition.
Sell a Business
All of our representatives have owned their own business before becoming business brokers. We have been “in your shoes”. We understand your concerns and your goals.
For over 40 years, we have been advising people on the sale and purchase of businesses and on Business Valuation. We have participated in the sale and purchase of hundreds of businesses and have valued hundreds of businesses. Our experience is unmatched.
As an experienced Business Broker gives you an advantage. Buying or selling a business is a very important event. We are experts in the process; preparing a business for sale, valuation, marketing, negotiating, financing for business acquisitions, buyer qualification or closing documentation. We respect the need for discretion and confidentiality.
Our team is local, but we sell businesses to people and companies across the country.
Your transaction is too important not to have the specialized experience we bring to the process. Put our experience to work for you.
Professional services offered by Opportunities in Business
We offer consultation for buyers and sellers.
We perform business valuations.
We help find the best financing options.
We prequalify all potential buyers.
We do all this in complete confidentiality.
Bill Kraemer
Broker Associate & Coach
I bring a unique skill set to the business broker arena. As a former business owner myself, I understand what it takes to develop, build and successfully sell a business for maximum value. I have the unparalleled ability to identify individual strengths and align buyers with the proper businesses. My passion, experience and honest approach give me the ability to relate to business owners and their enterprises. I have over 30 years experience in the Minneapolis/St. Paul marketplace and have established a reputation as a trusted business advisor to clients and businesses alike. I specialize in buy/sell transactions spanning across manufacturing, distribution, franchises and service industries.
I am a member of the IBBA (International Business Brokers Association).
Featured Listings
Highly Profitable Branding and Marketing Agency
Asking Price: 520,000
Listing ID#: 8491 b.k.
Custom Automation Equipment Manufacturer
Posting Date: 04/05/2022
Location: Mid-west based
Franchise Opportunity: Healthy and enriching hand and foot care
Asking Price: 600,000
Listing ID#: 8776 b.k.
If you’re considering selling your business today, you may have questions like
- Where do I start, how long will it take to sell my business?
- How much is my business worth?
- When is the best time to sell a business?
- What do I need to prepare for my business to sell successfully?
“BUSINESS SELLING INSIGHTS Vol. 2” is an interview-style compilation of conversations with the Nation’s leading Business Intermediaries, Brokers, and M&A Advisors. Meet these experts and hear their insights while they bust common myths and misconceptions, thus eliminating fears commonly associated with selling a business.
Featuring:
Bill Kraemer, Donald Ray Wilson, Emily A. Herbert, Anthony John Rigney, Brian Jones, Hal Feder, Jeff Adam, Fritz Fowler, David Jacobs, Michael Wildeveld
How The Buying Process Works
After discussing the type of business you are interested in with your OIB representative, you’ll be qualified as to your ability to buy one of the businesses listed for sale with us. When you find a business that interests you, you can tour the business and determine for yourself if it feels right.
When you make an offer, we will build in all the protections and contingencies that you feel are prudent. You are in control of the offer so that your satisfaction and protection are in your own hands.
How The Buying Process Works
After discussing the type of business you are interested in with your OIB representative, you’ll be qualified as to your ability to buy one of the businesses listed for sale with us. When you find a business that interests you, you can tour the business and determine for yourself if it feels right.
When you make an offer, we will build in all the protections and contingencies that you feel are prudent. You are in control of the offer so that your satisfaction and protection are in your own hands.
How I Help The Process
While business brokers do not make decisions for you or manage the businesses, I provide valuable and timesaving expertise.
I have the experience to help you in many ways, including:
Business valuation and market analysis
Material and record coordination
Cost effective, far reaching exposure
Screening and qualification of potential buyers
Skilled negotiation
All of the details required to close the transaction
How I Help The Process
While business brokers do not make decisions for you or manage the businesses, I provide valuable and timesaving expertise.
I have the experience to help you in many ways, including:
Business valuation and market analysis
Material and record coordination
Cost effective, far reaching exposure
Screening and qualification of potential buyers
Skilled negotiation
All of the details required to close the transaction
Selling a Business
We know that when you decide to sell the business you’ve worked so hard to build, you have questions about how the process works. Since 1981, we have sold hundreds of businesses, of all kinds. We encourage you to get acquainted with your representative. Be sure you understand how the business selling process works, what you can expect from us as well as what we can expect from you.
Selling a Business
We know that when you decide to sell the business you’ve worked so hard to build, you have questions about how the process works. Since 1981, we have sold hundreds of businesses, of all kinds. We encourage you to get acquainted with your representative. Be sure you understand how the business selling process works, what you can expect from us as well as what we can expect from you.
The Bottom Line
We believe experienced, professional expertise is necessary to sell a business. Inexperience can be a terrible handicap in such an important endeavor. For the process to work, potential buyers need to be first identified, then qualified, before any information about the business is disclosed. The buyers need to be followed-up after presentations are made. An owner following a buyer may weaken his or her negotiating strength. A third party, such as a broker, is useful because of their relative objectivity and experience, especially when the process becomes delicate.
A full-time professional business broker with extensive experience, references, a pool of qualified buyers, who has the experience and resources to efficiently and effectively sell businesses, working with an owner and his or her advisors is the best combination to sell a business.
If you are considering selling your business, call Opportunities In Business for a confidential (no cost or obligation) appointment and interview. We will explain our services, our commission, what your business is worth and if we feel we can help you.
The Bottom Line
We believe experienced, professional expertise is necessary to sell a business. Inexperience can be a terrible handicap in such an important endeavor. For the process to work, potential buyers need to be first identified, then qualified, before any information about the business is disclosed. The buyers need to be followed-up after presentations are made. An owner following a buyer may weaken his or her negotiating strength. A third party, such as a broker, is useful because of their relative objectivity and experience, especially when the process becomes delicate.
A full-time professional business broker with extensive experience, references, a pool of qualified buyers, who has the experience and resources to efficiently and effectively sell businesses, working with an owner and his or her advisors is the best combination to sell a business.
If you are considering selling your business, call Opportunities In Business for a confidential (no cost or obligation) appointment and interview. We will explain our services, our commission, what your business is worth and if we feel we can help you.
Phone
bill.kraemer@oibmn.com
Hours
Monday through Saturday 8am – 7pm
Location
The Banks Building
615 First Ave. N.E. Suite 195
Minneapolis, MN 55413
United States