When Dan Gramann co-founded Cultivate Advisors in 2013, he wanted to form an advising team built by owners, for owners. He and his team have now built a business that advises over 1,000 small to mid-market businesses every month, overseeing over a billion dollars in client revenue annually. You could say that entrepreneurship is in Dan’s blood. His first job at 14 was as employee #1, working out of his parent’s basement, scanning boxes of papers for their courtroom consulting business. He watched them struggle to maintain the financial health of the house. He witnessed his father fight cancer while working the third shift at General Motors and running his own business during the day. His parents instilled in him a strong entrepreneurial drive, a disdain for excuses, and a deep understanding of the challenges and hardships of owning a business. Dan was just 21 years old and in college when he bought his first franchise in the home services industry. His hard work and dedication paid off, and the Franchisor leadership asked him to join their team so he could train and advise franchisees across the Midwest. He then moved on to an even larger franchise organization and traveled throughout North America, launching, training, and advising businesses. After helping so many franchises succeed in even the most difficult economic markets, Dan was ready for his next challenge: launching Cultivate Advisors. His experience in multiple industries helped highlight the core business foundations that all leaders need to scale successfully. It just made sense to Dan to support small-to-mid-market business owners that cared about scaling a sustainable business, better prepared for a healthy and higher valued exit. While Cultivate Advisors is not a business brokerage, brokers and wealth firms are consistently using Cultivate across the US as a strategic partner in their process.