When you’re preparing to buy or sell a business in Las Vegas, you need an experienced, winning team to guide you through the transaction process. At Sunbelt of Las Vegas, our brokers and M&A advisors have decades of combined experience and are well-versed in the Las Vegas marketplace.
Alan Horwitz graduated with a degree in Business Entrepreneurship from Indiana University. During a long and distinguished business career as a business sales consultant, he has also owned and operated various successful businesses, including an advertising company, an Internet distributor, a retail software store, and various national franchise restaurants, including McDonald’s, Tropical Smoothie Café’s and CiCi’s Pizza.
In addition, Alan has acted as an outside consultant for the Small Business Administration and has been involved in business sales, mergers, and acquisitions across almost every industry. Alan is extremely experienced and qualified with regard to both financing and creative deal structuring. Over the last 30 years, Alan has been an outside consultant in the area of business valuations and in preparing businesses for future sales. Alan has sold an extremely high percentage of his listings. Over the last 10 years, Mr. Horwitz has consistently been one of the top ten producing brokers in the Sunbelt Network system. Recent business sales include a Las Vegas Casino, an entire National Franchise System, a Specialty Pharmacy, a large Executive Suites Company, and various other Retail businesses, Service businesses, Manufacturers, and Distributors.
Mr. Horwitz is familiar with valuing, marketing, and selling businesses that range in value from as little as $100,000 to as high as $50 million. In the last 2 years, Mr. Horwitz has developed a close and ongoing relationship with MainStreetChamber of Commerce and is now the exclusive broker for their members nationwide. With over 30 years of owning and selling a business, Alan brings experience and integrity to business brokerage.
Samuel Baird graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law with an emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, venture finance, and technology commercialization. In addition to his Juris Doctorate, he obtained his Master in Intellectual Property Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology. While attending school, Samuel successfully built a six-figure consulting business and understands the unique challenges any business owner may face.
Samuel has spent the last decade helping startups and mid-size businesses structure their intangible assets for seed and series funding, along with mergers and acquisitions. Samuel has played a critical role in multi-million-dollar negotiations and acquisitions as an attorney for business sales, land-purchase agreements, patent licenses, and mergers and acquisitions within almost every industry. Utilizing this one-of-a-kind experience and education, he can find the hidden value in any transaction, no matter the size of the company.
Samuel is extremely experienced and qualified with regard to valuation, financing, and creative-deal structuring. He prides himself on his negotiating skills and being able to bridge the gaps that lead to successful transactions. Leveraging his experience as an attorney, he quickly identifies and resolves any potential areas of risk to allow a transaction to close fast and efficiently.
As part of Sunbelt Midwest and the Sunbelt Business Brokers network, Samuel has the unique ability to market nationally, internationally, and on proprietary websites to others who do not have access. Sunbelt , the largest business brokerage firm in the country has a proprietary site alone with over 10,000 listings. Using Samuel gives you direct access to a team of business sales and marketing experts experienced in all industries, legal counsel, and M&A intermediaries.
Samuel is familiar with valuing, marketing, and selling businesses that range in value from as little as $100,000 to as high as $50 million. In the last 10 years, Samuel has developed a close and ongoing relationship with various private equity and venture finance groups. Samuel has over 10 years of experience owning, valuing, marketing, and selling businesses. Samuel brings experience and integrity to business brokerage and business consulting.
Len Krick first came to Las Vegas in 1978. He holds a BA in Economics from Muhlenberg College and two degrees from UNLV, including an MBA. Len is a Certified Business Intermediary (“CBI”), a Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (“M&AMI”), and holds a Nevada Real Estate Broker License and Nevada Business Broker Permit. Len is the Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the Nevada Business Brokers Association.
Mr. Krick has over thirty years of business and business consulting experience. He was co-founder of two companies and played a key role in their successful initial public offerings on NASDAQ in 1989 and 1992. In the early 1980s, Krick was an Associate in the Leisure Time Industries consulting group of Laventhal & Horwath, CPAs’ Las Vegas office. He also taught several courses at UNLV. Later, he was Senior VP of the Dunes Hotel and Country Club in Las Vegas and Senior VP for Development with Casino Magic Corp. in Mississippi. Len’s goal is to provide the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality while minimizing the time and stress typically experienced in negotiating the transfer of ownership of privately-held businesses. Mr. Krick is a Board Member, Chairman of the Education Committee, fellow moderator, and speaker for the International Business Brokers Association (“IBBAâ€). He is a member of the Las Vegas Chapter of the Society of Financial Professionals and Financial Planning Association. Len is the developer of “Built It To Sell: Staging Your Business to Attain Maximum Value and Price.
Tim Canale is a seasoned, multiple-business owner of franchise, wholesale, retail, and distribution businesses.
His knowledge of financial, promotional, supply chain, and operations for vending operations, quick service formats, grocery/mini-mart retailing, and niche retail products like coffee make him a valuable resource for business owners who want a knowledgeable partner to help them maximize the sale of their companies.
This experience, combined with work in hospitality, manufacturing, and trade skills industry segments, helps him bring even more knowledge and relevance to business-for-sale transactions.
Tim is a Las Vegas market leader with a lengthy record of success in forming community partnerships and winning for stakeholders in challenging environments.
Clients count on Tim as a strategic business planner who consistently delivers. As an articulate collaborator and relationship builder, he has negotiated hundreds of exclusive partnerships and worked with enterprises that achieve market dominance. He has established brands locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. This combined experience makes Tim an exceptional partner for anyone who is selling – or buying – a business.
SAM BAIRD Managing Director
TIM CANALE Business Broker
LEN KRICK Business Broker
DENNIS WALLACE Business Broker
JOHN LEE Business Broker
In addition to the above professionals, Alan Horwitz is supported by our administrative staff in both Las Vegas and Minneapolis, along with a full M&A team, Analysts, Legal Experts, Accounting Experts, and the Full Team of Sunbelt Brokers with Expertise in almost every Industry Possible.
Call or Text Alan Horwitz Now at 702-997-5453 to set up a Confidential Consultation.