We understand the investment you have made to build your business. When the time comes to sell it there are many decisions to make. We want you to be totally comfortable in your decisions and satisfied with the outcome of the selling process. This all starts with pre-sale planning and creating a strategic plan that helps clearly define and understand all the goals, objectives, and personal needs of everyone that will be affected by this transaction.
As your intermediary, we help control the release of information throughout the process so that you can run your daily operations and only have to engage with qualified buyers.
Our third-party perspective enables anticipation of obstacles to a sale and appropriate resolution of issues that arise.
Your unique story along with other vital factors are used to deploy specific marketing strategies to attract the right buyers, maximize selling price, and reduce selling time.
Our commitment is to help sellers persist when the inevitable emotional issues are encountered. We help you with each step including all the way through the final closing of the transaction.
A lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Dr. Mark Hagar brings decades of hands-on experience in small business ownership, acquisitions, and turnarounds to his role as a business broker. Over his distinguished career, he has acquired and operated more than 20 companies and engineered over 50 successful turnarounds, giving him a uniquely practical understanding of what makes businesses succeed, and sell. His portfolio spans manufacturing, distribution, and service firms in industries including printing, education, military contracting, aerospace, and orthopedics. This diverse background enables him to identify value, anticipate buyer needs, and structure complex deals with confidence and precision.
Mark holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Cranfield University’s School of Management in Bedford, England—one of Europe’s leading business schools. His research on small business resilience and operational excellence has been recognized by the Small Business Institute (SBI), the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).
In addition to his business career, Dr. Hagar has served as a member of faculty at several institutions of higher education, including Holy Cross College (Notre Dame), Trine University, and the University of Saint Francis. He also hosted Your Business Matters, a small business–focused radio show and podcast for more than a decade and is the author of Small Fortunes – the Acquisition Entrepreneur’s Guide to Buying a Profitable Small Business.
A passionate advocate for entrepreneurs, Mark previously chaired the Indiana Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), representing small business owners before state and federal legislators. He currently serves as President of the Allen County, Indiana Economic Development
Commission.
As a broker, Mark specializes in industrial, manufacturing, and distribution firms, with particular expertise in special situations, distressed assets, and complex transitions where experience, creativity and discretion are central to success.