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Locations
Sunbelt of Mid-America
Carl Grimes
125 South Bloomington
Suite C
Lowell,
Arkansas
72745
P: (479) 770-8989
F: (479) 770-0990
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www.sunbeltoftheozarks.com
Whether you are ready to sell your business or are looking to buy a business, CBI-Sunbelt Business Advisors of the Ozarks is the place for you. We have locations in Springfield and Joplin Missouri and many others all over the world. As a part of the largest business brokerage network in the world, Sunbelt of the Ozarks can guide you through the business sales process. Search our available businesses for sale in Mid-America and surrounding areas by industry category or sale price.
We specialize in serving the buyers and sellers of small business in the Mid-America area. Our comprehensive services and resources provide professional guidance for business valuations, 401k rollovers, buyer financing and exit strategy and planning. Contact us today to discover why CBI-Sunbelt of the Ozarks is the place to go to buy or sell a business.
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Carl Grimes is the owner-broker of CBI-Sunbelt Business Advisors of the Ozarks. He received the designation of CBI (Certified Business Intermediary) from the International Business Brokers Association. He is also president of the Professional Association of Arkansas Business Brokers, the statewide organization for business brokers in the state of Arkansas. He is a licensed real estate broker for the states of Arkansas and Missouri. Mr. Grimes has participated in the sale of over 400 businesses in his career as a professional business broker. He has handled transactions over $6 million and as small as under $10,000.00. Mr. Grimes was a successful businessman prior to beginning his career in business brokerage. He published an award winning newspaper, built and operated a state of the art cable television system, owned a real estate firm, a retail catalog sales business and an abstract and title company. He successfully sold all his businesses to enter the field of business brokerage. Mr. Grimes' areas of specialty include newspapers, magazines and other print businesses, the motorsports industry, abstract and title companies and the cable television industry. Mr. Grimes married his high school and college sweetheart, Kathy, in 1971. They are both originally from Clarendon, Arkansas and have two adult sons, Casey and Connor. Connor works in the family business of Sunbelt of the Ozarks. Mr. Grimes has been in business in Northwest Arkansas since 1984. He is a graduate of the inaugural class of Leadership Fayetteville, a program conducted by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as a city councilman, school board member and president of a Chamber of Commerce. He has served as an elder, a deacon and Sunday School teacher. He and his wife are members of University Baptist Church in Fayetteville.
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Connor Grimes is our Regional and Special Projects Broker for CBI-Sunbelt Business Advisors. Grimes has many years of experience as a full-time business broker, helping bring privately-held business Sellers and Buyers together. Grimes started his brokerage career in Springfield, Missouri, before moving on to work in the Northwest Arkansas office in Lowell. Both offices are owned by Grimes' family. Grimes then moved on to work in Sunbelt offices in Kansas City and Charleston, South Carolina. In Charleston, Grimes was the managing broker where his responsibilities included recruiting and training new brokers as well as running the day-to-day operations of the office. He also has spent time traveling around the country training other office owners and brokers the methods that Sunbelt uses to help bring Sellers and Buyers together. Grimes has experience in assisting business owners obtain independent, third party valuations of their businesses in order to set a market-driven purchase price for the business, providing the seller with a realistic opportunity to sell the business for the most money possible in the least amount of time. Grimes has also worked extensively with business buyers, training them in the Sunbelt System, a tried and true method of finding the right business at the right price and on the right terms. Grimes has also worked closely with the Franchise Sales and Re-Sales division of Sunbelt. Grimes states that, "Franchises mean you are in business for yourself but not by yourself. Franchises are perfect for corporate people who have decided that they want to work for themselves but need some reassurance in being the one calling the shots." "That is why franchises are a match for these people, they have management teams in place and a method that has proven itself to work." Grimes is a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas and majored in business management at Oklahoma Baptist University where he was an All-American sprinter for the Bison track team. He attends church at New Heights Bible Church in Fayetteville where he is active in a community group.
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Allen Lindley is an Associate Broker for the CBI-Sunbelt office in Springfield, Missouri. Allen grew up on a cotton/soybean farm in a rural south Arkansas community. He graduated from Clarendon High School in Southeast Arkansas. Allen worked for a local retail lumber and hardware business which he later purchased and owned for 10 years. Allen considers this business to be the beginning point and preparation for later career moves. Allen worked for Three States Supply as a territory sales manager and was promoted to Branch Manager and he moved to Springfield, Missouri. As branch manager, Allen led the Springfield branch to be awarded "Branch of the Year" for 1998, 1999 and 2000. The Springfield branch was the first branch for Three States to achieve one million dollars in sales in a single month under Allen's leadership. Allen’s primary sales experience has been in the building materials sales and uniquely qualifies him to serve his current clients. Allen has been married to his wife, Michele Rogers, for 44 years. Allen and Michele have two children, a son and daughter. Rob, their son, is a high school principal in Jonesboro, Arkansas and Lesli, their daughter, is an occupational therapist in Conway, Arkansas. Also, Allen and Michele have three grandchildren which are the joy and pride of their lives. Allen is an active member of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri.
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Mike Mecke is a broker in the Springfield, MO office.
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J. Dawayne Murdock has joined the Fort Smith, Arkansas office of the CBI-Sunbelt Business Broker Network. Growing up as the son of a small business owner gave Dawayne exposure to the trials and benefits of small business at a very early age. He has continued to watch the growth and development of his dad’s and father-in-law’s businesses and recognizes the importance of a successful transfer of those businesses at some point in time. Dawayne has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Education from Arkansas Tech University (ATU) in Russellville and a Master’s degree in Secondary Vocational Business Education from University of Central Arkansas in Conway. During his years at ATU Dawayne was actively involved in Young Life, an evangelistic ministry to high school students, serving as a volunteer leader and student staff. After completing his Master’s degree, Dawayne taught accounting, computers and business classes at Arkansas Valley Vocational Technical School in Ozark. In 1991 Dawayne had an opportunity to move from the classroom into “real world” accounting, and he accepted a position with PRADCO Outdoor Brands, a manufacturer of fishing lures and accessories. Dawayne spent 10 years at PRADCO, starting as Accounting Manager then promoting to Controller. Dawayne also served as Controller for K-MAC Enterprises and Trans-American Tire Company. K-MAC is one of the top five franchise groups with YUM Foods. K-MAC, at that time, owned 140 Taco Bell and KFC and four Golden Corral restaurants in the four state areas of Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Trans-American Tire Company was a commercial tire dealer and retread operator. PRADCO, during Dawayne’s tenure there, lent him the opportunity to see and experience several acquisitions including other fishing lure companies and, with expansion beyond the fishing industry to the hunting industry, Knight Rifle, Knight & Hale game calls and Code Blue Scents. Dawayne and his wife Kim, together with their sons, Joel, 13 and Micah, 9, reside in Fort Smith, Arkansas and have been involved in Bible Study Fellowship; and Dawayne served six years as the Teaching Leader for the Fort Smith Men’s evening class. Dawayne also served six years on the Board of Directors for Abilities Unlimited, and Dawayne and Kim served eight years on the Adult Committee for Young Life of Fort Smith. They are also active in AWANA and an innovative ministry to a local apartment complex through their church, Central Christian. Joel and Micah attend Union Christian Academy, where Kim works as a Library Assistant. Kim is also a skincare consultant with Arbonne International and teaches piano.
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David is proud to be a part of the CBI-Sunbelt team in Fort Smith Arkansas. He is a long time resident of Greenwood, where he served two terms on the City Council. His first business was a candy and comic book stand he started in his front yard at age 7. A neighbor who drove a candy delivery truck allowed him to buy boxes of candy at wholesale and sell it to the neighborhood kids at retail. (He did eat most of the profit, however!) He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1979 and from Denver Seminary in 1984,where he started a window washing business and contracted with other students to help service his customers. David sold it after graduating to begin a career in Christian Counseling, and eventually serving as the Clinical Director for Horizon, a Drug and Alcohol treatment program for adolescents.
In 1995 he became President and managing partner of Professional Security, Incorporated, purchasing a smaller Security Company along the way. The company contracts security guard services to major manufacturing facilities in Arkansas and Oklahoma, employing as many as 200 officers. He became a certified professional in Human Resources and served at the State level as the legislative affairs chair. David has represented a variety of business concerns at the State and Federal level, meeting with Senate and Congressional leaders and testifying at State level committees. He continues to teach in the Advance Program for John Brown University, where he teaches, Business Ethics, Legal Issues in Human Resources and Organizational Leadership.
Currently, David is an investor in his son’s web-based, music technology business designed for school bands and orchestras. He serves as the Executive Director of Corporate Chaplaincy Services, a local marketplace ministry. He is also Vice President of the River Valley Business and Industry networking group. In the summer of 2009, David sold his interest in P.S.I. to join CBI-Sunbelt. His background in business and counseling, coupled with his love of helping people solve problems has been a great asset in helping customers achieve their goals.
His wife, Debbie, a Mary Kay Director, consented to marry him in 1978 and along the way they raised four children, Amy Piazza, a graphic designer, Chris, a music business entrepreneur and two daughters, Katie and Beckah ages 18 and 15.
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Stuart Ward is a broker in the Joplin, MO office.
Stuart's roots run deep in the Joplin area. Born in Joplin, he attended Missouri Southern State College, where he was a member of the 1972 NAIA national champion Lions football team. Then, graduating from Ozark Christian College, he had ministries in Oklahoma, Texas, and Alabama. Many aspects of Stuart's ministry experience come into play at Sunbelt: The ability to handle many roles and tasks, the need to help educate buyers and sellers of their roles in the process, the attention to detail that ensures a successful transaction, but most of all, the desire to truly help people. The exciting business environment of southwest Missouri, combined with the excellent recreational pursuits, have brought Stuart back to his Ozark roots. He's looking forward to working with business buyers and sellers for many years to come. Stuart teaches a weekly adult bible study class at Fir Road Christian Church, where he attends with wife Laura. Son Matthew lives and works in Huntsville, Alabama, and daughter Rachel lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother and father are semi-retired from the ministry, and live in Purdy, Missouri. He says, "You really can come home! And I'm enjoying the opportunity to enhance the business climate in southwest Missouri."
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Steve Whitfield is the Managing Partner for the CBI-Sunbelt office in Springfield, Missouri. Steve grew up in Springfield and and is a Parkview High School graduate. Steve was employed in the area in various sales positions until he was transferred to Arkansas by Tyson Foods, Inc. Steve directed the fresh Foodservice sales for Tyson (which included several large customers like KFC, Popeye's, Church's Chicken and Hardee's). Steve was managing annual sales in excess of $100 million. His most recent postion with Tyson was Director/Global Accounts where he managed all Tyson International business with a variety of global chain accounts (such as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King, Chili's and Subway to name just a few). Steve traveled to 43 countries during his time managing this business. Steve left Tyson Foods after 24+ years to become involved with CBI-Sunbelt. Steve has been married to Donna for 35 years and they have two grown daughters. Stephanie was married in 2008 and lives and works in Fayetteville, AR while Laura is finishing college and working in Springdale, AR. Steve is active in his church serving as a teacher, deacon, and men's ministry leader.
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