08/24/2026
Finance has always fascinated me. It was my undergraduate major at the University of Texas. It is a known fact that to make money you need money. United States government supported financing programs for its citizens are unique in the world. They enable us to do many things we normally could not do from obtain education to acquire businesses. Early in life, I worked as a financial aid officer and collected delinquent student loans for Sallie Mae, so my knowledge of those programs is dated, but deep. The last 32 years, I have become fluent in the policies, procedures, and regulations associated with Small Business Administration backed loans. That world is in the process of changing with HUGE modifications coming this autumn to the program. As with any change, there will be good, bad, and indifferent. On a positive front, it appears that one modification highlighted in a recent Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnschroyer/2026/08/20/sba-rule-change-makes-110000-more-businesses-eligible-for-benefits/) will enable M&A to occur with SBA loans for companies in sectors commonly supported by IBA (Manufacturing, Aerospace, Marine, Construction, Transportation, Etc.) as a business purchase & sale intermediary firm involving larger companies seeking to grow vertically and horizontally. IBA invests significant time, energy, and resources in keeping our M&A intermediary team up to date on financing opportunities available in the marketplace. If you are selling a business, can you afford to hire a business broker who cannot source the money to allow you to exit with a very high percentage of cash. IBA is compensated 100% on performance. You do not pay us unless we, to quote Jerry Maguire "Show You the Money". All conversations with IBA are held in strict confidence.
