A Qualified Team
You've come to the right place! You're looking for a professional level of
service in the valuation and marketing of your business. We've been in this
business for over 20 years.
Glen J. Cooper, CBI, CBA, BVAL is President of Maine Business Brokers, which he and his wife co-founded in 1981. He is also Vice President and Broker Associate of New Hampshire Business Sales, a strategic partner of Maine Business Brokers.
Glen is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI), a designation awarded by the International Business Brokers Association, a Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) and a Business Valuator Accredited for Litigation (BVAL), designations of the Institute of Business Appraisers, and a licensed real estate broker in both Maine and New Hampshire.
In addition to business brokerage and business appraisal, Glen has an extensive background in commercial and investment real estate and was southern Maine's First Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) of the Realtors' National Marketing Institute of the National Association of Realtors from 1985 to 1992.
Cooper has been a full-time business broker since he sold his first business in 1979. He writes and speaks frequently on small business topics. His day-to-day activity no longer involves selling commercial real estate or preparing fee-based business valuation reports, except as it serves our business brokerage seller clients. Glen@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Lee Edwards is Operations Director. She is a licensed associate real estate broker in Maine and joined Maine Business Brokers in 1998. She has owned and operated her own business and managed two others. Her background includes work as a business broker and extensive work with non-profit organizations.
Lee has a BA in Economics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She is the executive editor for the offering summaries as well as the initial contact person for prospective buyers. Lee@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Bradley L. Kaplan is Vice President. He has a 25-year track record as a business intermediary, handling valuation and sales of larger businesses. Brad was co-founder of Mathurin & Kaplan, a mid-market mergers and acquisitions firm in Portland for twenty years.
He is a licensed real estate broker in Maine and New Hampshire, obtained a BS degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts and his MBA from Bryant College in Rhode Island. His additional background in commercial bank lending gives him an in-depth understanding of business valuation and business transfer issues of closely held family businesses. Brad joined Maine Business Brokers in 2000. Brad@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Edward P. Settino, Jr. is an Associate Broker covering southern and western Maine as well as southern New Hampshire through our strategic alliance with New Hampshire Business Sales. He was the founder of Metropolitan Parking Systems, Inc., one of New England’s largest and most professionally managed parking companies, managing over fifty sites from Maine to Rhode Island. Ed started this company in 1977 and sold it in 1998. He has a BS degree in Economics from Northeastern University in Boston.
Ed became a business broker in 2001. He is a licensed real estate broker in Maine and New Hampshire, and brings a practical background of many years in private business to
his work. Ed@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
J. Mark Koshliek, Esq. is an Associate Broker with extensive experience in business operations. Mark joined Maine Business Brokers having prior experience as a business intermediary with another local firm. His former career spanned 23 years in the wholesale manufacture of bread and other baked goods.
He was President and CEO of the John J. Nissen Baking Company, the largest wholesale bakery in the northeast. Mark has a BS in Business Management from the University of Maine and a JD from Northern Illinois College of Law. Mark@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
David W. Bartholomew is Associate Broker and also President and owner of Rock Coast Personnel of Portland, Maine, a full-service staffing and recruiting firm. Prior to purchasing Rock Coast Personnel, David was business development director of a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research and consulting firm. He was also assistant vice president of sales for a disability reinsurance consulting group and a regional sales representative for a large international producer of mechanical piping components.
David has a BS degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He is a volunteer for the local programs of Junior Achievement. David@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
John Hirschauer, MBA, CFP is owner of MDH Financial Group, Ltd., an independent financial planning firm. John is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with securities and insurance licenses. Presently he is focusing on estate planning for closely held business owners.
John has a BA and an MBA in finance from De Paul University in Chicago and for thirty-three years held positions in credit, finance, sales and human resources in a major Dow Jones industrial company. Since coming to Maine in 2004 he has been interested in working with senior citizens and is a Director and Vice President of the Wells-Ogunquit Senior Center. JH@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
John F. Dyer, MBA, is an Associate Broker with extensive experience in accounting and finance. He had a 20-year career as a CPA with both a national firm in Boston and a small Maine accounting firm in Portland. He served as CFO for Federal Distributors, Inc., a Lewiston, Maine beverage wholesaler. John was one of the original trustees of a self-insured workers compensation trust, and one of the founders of an offshore workers compensation reinsurance company.
John is a licensed associate real estate broker in Maine. He has a BA in Economics from Bowdoin College and an MBA in Accounting from Rutgers University. John@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Brian D. Hanson is a new associate broker with 17 years of entrepreneurial experience. Brian joined Maine Business Brokers after opening and operating numerous businesses in Maine, New Hampshire as well as in Novosibirsk, Russia. Some of his businesses include restaurants, nightclubs, wholesale seafood, web businesses and sporting goods stores. Brian’s businesses have been featured in local print, TV and radio as well as Time Magazine and Good Morning America.
Brian was born and raised in northern Maine and his broad range of business experiences give him a unique understanding of Maine’s small business owners and buyers. Brian graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maine’s School of Business and is currently working on his M.B.A in Finance from the University of Southern Maine. Brian@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Barbara J. Cooper is our company co-founder. She is no longer active in the business on a full-time basis, but is still a senior advisor. She is Glen's wife, mother of five children and grandmother to five grandchildren! Barbara helped to start Maine Business Brokers in 1981, and was active on a full-time basis until 1999. Barbara@MaineBusinessBrokers.com
Why Choose Us?
Systems
We have spent years developing effective systems to sell businesses.
Valuation
Our training, mentoring and peer review systems serve our clients with accurate and up-to-date information and well-considered opinions of value. Because these systems, our clients understand the value of their businesses in the current marketplace.
Confidentiality
Our clients know that we will protect their confidentiality. We have procedures to camouflage the identity of businesses well and guard proprietary information.
Marketing
Our clients receive the benefits of a coordinated and on-going campaign to sell businesses. Our never-ending campaign for multiple clients compounds the effectiveness of our campaign for each client.
Screening & Qualifying
Screening and qualifying buyer prospects is part of our buyer registration system. Our clients are protected from needless disclosures. Our clients' time is not wasted.
Negotiating & Closing
Our clients get a team player. We are clear about our roll as broker - part of a professional team working for the seller - to achieve the goal of a profitable sale for our seller clients.
Teamwork
We work together as a team to represent our seller clients.
Exclusive Representation
We represent seller clients only. We are not buyer brokers. Our exclusive representation of sellers allows us to give the best service to sellers without the potential of confusion or conflicts.
Knowledge
We know Maine, its economy and its businesses. For us, Maine is home, not the far end of a sales territory!
Experience
We are grounded in the real world of business ownership. Our brokers combine their experiences in business valuation, business brokerage, business ownership, law, accounting and sales.
Accessibility
You can't miss us if you're looking for a business in Maine. You can find us - and so can prospective buyers! We have the right name, the right location, the right website and the right connections.
Professionalism
Our team is professional and committed. As a team we possess a wide range of professional credentials. We are dedicated to developing and continually improving systems that make it easier for business owners to successfully sell their businesses.
Track Record
We've built a reputation successfully selling hundreds of businesses.
The Best Offering Summary
Our marketing materials are the best. The Offering Summary we prepare for our clients was called "...the best we've ever seen!" by Tom West, founder of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA).
A Helpful Website
We get compliments every day about our website. You be the judge. Check out the rest of our website.
Leading-Edge Agent Training
We're writing the book on how it's done! We train our brokers to present our clients' businesses and to defend the price and terms using our profession's most comprehensive broker training program.
Maine's #1 Firm
Many say that we're the best business brokerage firm in Maine. Professionals, sellers and buyers who know us are our biggest source of new business. We have valued and successfully sold hundreds of businesses since 1981.
