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Upon a referral, I contacted Darrel Goertzen of Venture Connect to help me with the sale of my business. Although my business involved sales, I had only sold products and never a business; I did not know where to begin. Darrell efficiently guided me through the process from the start - a business evaluation - to the finish - the sales agreement. In between, his consultations were concise and easy to understand. Communication was great - emails were returned within a day. The fee was very reasonable for the help that I was provided. Thank you for helping to make such a task a smooth ride! I would recommend Darrell and Venture Connect to anyone wishing to sell a small business.

I was told about Venture Connect and they actually did one of our business valuations. I also have listed our business with them on their website too. They are AMAZING to work with.

We just wanted to let you know Community Futures has funded our business loan and we have removed subjects! We owe you big thanks for doing the price determinations which were a cornerstone of our business plan and referring us to CF who has been excellent. Your advice along the way in our multiple phone calls was timely and very much guided us along the learning curve to buying a business.

Excellent guidance in walking through the processes required to initiating and completing the purchase of a business. It was nice to have someone on your side that could explain the ins and outs of purchasing a business. It is one thing to have the means to do so and the vision to execute, it is an entirely different ballgame having someone to walk you through it all and make it make sense.

Thank you so much for this resource - I’ve skimmed through and absolutely love the wealth of knowledge and guidance. It is extremely empowering and inspiring for me to feel I have the network I do to achieve this dream!

So impressed with turn around time!

Our conversation with Darrell was extremely useful in helping us to determine some realistic approaches to our planning and future exit strategies. Darrell's input and written valuation gave us some independent information to help us plan for the future, and his input on different approaches for our unique property and business were useful perspectives from a clearly well informed, knowledgeable and experienced consultant. I would recommend approaching BC Business Match for their independent advice and access to the market. Thank you for your help.

The advice and price determination given by Darrell have been instrumental in getting me to actually list the business.

I appreciate the promptness of response along with sound advice. You gave us confidence to make an offer based on facts rather than feelings.

Darrell was a very valuable resource to us during the sale of our retail business this past spring. First he guided us on our own prior to listing the business, and then mediated between the parties when it seemed we maybe at a stand still, ending in both parties very happy with the outcome. We would highly recommend Darrell to anyone buying or selling a business.

They accepted our offer!!! I’m so excited that this could really happen for us - thanks again for all your help!

We feel very fortunate to have been able to sell our business through this service. We were impressed from the start with Darrell’s level of knowledge about small business and the process involved with the sale of businesses. With his assistance we developed a plan, created a prospectus, and determined an appropriate price and lease structure. The fees were more than reasonable. The webpage has been very effective drawing information from England, the US and many areas in Canada. The sale transaction went smoothly and the take over and transitioning to the new owners has been rewarding and exciting for us.

I wanted to send you a quick note to say thank you so much for the presentation this afternoon! What an inspiring presentation and incredible initiative. I think that there was a lot of interest in the training and your presentation brought in perspective on the benefits of buying a business vs. start up. I will definitely refer people to you in the future. Thanks again and have a wonderful rest of your afternoon.

Very professional, helpful, prompt.

Upon a referral, I contacted Darrel Goertzen of Venture Connect to help me with the sale of my business. Although my business involved sales, I had only sold products and never a business; I did not know where to begin. Darrell efficiently guided me through the process from the start - a business evaluation - to the finish - the sales agreement. In between, his consultations were concise and easy to understand. Communication was great - emails were returned within a day. The fee was very reasonable for the help that I was provided. Thank you for helping to make such a task a smooth ride! I would recommend Darrell and Venture Connect to anyone wishing to sell a small business.