Intro
How businesses are bought and sold
WebinarHow businesses are bought and sold — and the brokers who make the deals happen.
How deals get doneThe broker's roleThe Main Street landscape
The book · Now on Amazon
Main Street Dealmakers
A Practical Guide to Brokering Business Sales
Proven strategies, real-world lessons, and the step-by-step guide for you to broker the sale of Main Street businesses — by Daniel Talbott.
Paperback, Hardcover, or E-Book · By Daniel Talbott · Community on Skool
Inside the community
Everything you need to broker your first deals.
Five parts, one membership. Built for working brokers, not the classroom.
The Course
An intro plus three core sections and monthly deep dives. Self-paced, always on.
Weekly Calls
Prospecting, sales, active deals, and growth. Submit questions ahead of time, meet as a group.
Workshops
Live webinars and deep dives with industry pros — SBA lenders, niche brokers, attorneys.
Resources
Templates, scripts, checklists — CIMs, data rooms, NDAs, LOIs, engagement letters.
The Community
A working group of brokers and advisors trading deals, answers, and wins every day.
The curriculum
An intro, three core modules, and ongoing deep dives.
01
Find sellers and win the engagement
ModuleFind sellers and win the engagement.
PositioningProspectingSales ProcessBusiness Analysis
02
Package the business and run a clean buyer process
ModulePackage the business and run a clean buyer process.
CIM BuildingData Room SetupListingBuyer VettingBuyer/Seller MeetingsOffer Negotiation
03
Carry the deal from accepted offer to a clean transition
ModuleCarry the deal from accepted offer to a clean transition.
Due DiligenceLender UnderwritingClosing AgentClosing DayTransition
04
Monthly sessions with industry pros
Guest webinars · coming soonMonthly sessions with industry pros on the topics that move deals.
SBA LendingNiche BrokeringListing Agreement / EngagementNDAsAI in DealmakingLOIs
Membership
Three ways in. One community.
We're not running cohorts. Ten founding slots open soon — pay once, then free for the life of the community.
LaunchSlots full
Free
the early-access launch group
The free launch cohort is closed.
- Full course — intro + 3 core modules
- Monthly deep-dive webinars with pros
- Weekly group calls
- Complete deal resource library
- Community access
Founding0 / 10 · Launching soon
$10,000
free access for the life of the community
Pay once. Ten founding slots — keep your seat forever.
- Everything in the program
- Free community access — for life
- Founding-member badge
- Help shape what gets built next
- Locked in — never pay to stay
No recurring fees · Launching soon
MembershipLaunching August 1st
$10,000
for the first 12 months
then $2,000 / year for continued access
- Everything in the program
- Full course — intro + 3 core modules
- Monthly deep-dive webinars with pros
- Weekly group calls
- Continued community access
Opens August 1st
A note from Daniel
If you can't lead with experience, lean on your process.
I closed my first business sale in 2024 — a $900k retail boutique in Vero Beach. I had no experience, so I leaned on my process. Before we closed, I had signed 3 more clients. By December 2024, I had closed the boutique and an accounting firm for a multi-six figure first year.
When you can't lead with experience, lean on your process — to help others, I documented everything in a book and course that lays out the whole process and launched a community of working brokers who walk each other through real deals. Bring a listing; we'll talk through the CIM. Bring an LOI; we'll work the terms. Bring a stuck negotiation; someone here has been there.
— Daniel Talbott, CBI, CEPA, Founder
Founding members · Launching soon
Learn the deal. Join the community. Keep it for life.
Ten founding slots open soon — free for the life of the community. Get on the list before they're gone.