Start your own business brokerage. Your name. Your brand. Your commissions.
Four weeks of advanced online training, then six months of done-for-you marketing with your brand, website, CRM, phone number and advertising already running. One price. No franchise fee, no royalties, and no territory to buy.
You set your own commission and you keep 100% of it. Available in 32 states. Check yours below.
Who We Are
A small Arizona based team that has actually bought, sold and brokered businesses (most of them software and online companies). We're not a franchise, and we don't take a cut of your deals.
What We Do
We train you to be a business broker in four weeks, then we build your brand, your website, your CRM and your phone system, and we run your advertising for the first six months so you can launch as an independent broker.
How We Do It
One program, one price, and one honest conversation about whether it fits you. You get everything in writing before you pay a dime, and you own every piece of it when we're done.
Built by somebody who learned this the right way.
Chris Clegg built a mass multiplayer online game in high school that grew to nearly a million players, and it earned him a scholarship to the University of Arkansas. After college he went into online marketing and web design, and a few years later he sold one of his first companies, a lead generation business, to a major global bank.
Around the same time he met the business advisor who mentored him for the better part of two decades and taught him business brokerage from the ground up: how to value a business, how to find and win listings, how to get a business in front of the right buyers, and how to get a deal to the closing table. Chris has sold businesses for himself and for clients ever since, while building out the other half of his skill set in online marketing, web development, software and brand.
The Broker Launch Program is those two halves put together. The training comes from years under a mentor who knew the industry cold. The brand, the website, the CRM and the advertising come from the marketing side. It's the program Chris wishes somebody had handed him at the start.
Ask Chris a Question
One program. Two parts. Everything you need to open your doors.
Learn the business in four weeks. Launch it with everything built and running for six months.
Advanced Business Broker Training
Online, live and on demand, built around the way deals actually happen.
- How to value a business the way buyers and lenders do
- How to find owners who are ready to sell, and how to win the listing
- How to package a listing and protect confidentiality
- How to market a listing, screen buyers and qualify them
- Deal structure, financing, due diligence and closing
- Licensing rules by state, and how to set up your brokerage
- Live weekly sessions with real deal examples, plus recordings
- Complete document and template library
- Certificate of Completion, and Q&A support for 60 days after you finish
Twelve months of access to the course. Templates are educational and reviewed by your own attorney before use.
Launch Marketing Package
We build it, we run it, you own it.
- Your brand: a logo and identity designed for your business name
- Your website, built on a domain you own
- Your CRM, set up in your own account, with pipelines and follow up automation
- Your business phone number, in your own account
- Done-for-you advertising for six months, ad spend included, aimed at two audiences: owners thinking about selling, and buyers looking for a business to buy
- Every inquiry goes straight to your phone and your CRM
- Landing pages, ad creative, email templates and a monthly strategy call
Everything lives in accounts you create and own. At the end of six months it is all yours and you owe us nothing further. We run advertising on your accounts; we don't sell lists or promise a number of inquiries.
When the six months are up, all of this is yours, with zero obligations to us:
- Your training and certificate
- Your brand
- Your website
- Your CRM
- Your phone number
- Your ad accounts and campaigns
- Your template library
- Every dollar you earn
The franchise route gives you a brand to rent. This gives you a business to own.
Keep 100% of your commission
You set your own rate with your clients and every dollar of it is yours. No royalty, no revenue share, ever.
Your brand, not ours
Your business name, your logo, your domain, your phone number. We build it and hand you the keys.
One price, no ongoing fees
No renewal fees, no monthly fees to us, no required purchases. The tools you keep are billed to you by the vendors, not by us.
Marketing that's actually done for you
Not a template you're left to figure out. We build the campaigns and run them for six months, ad budget included.
How this compares to buying a brokerage franchise
Most people looking at this have also looked at a franchise. Here's the honest comparison.
| Typical brokerage franchise | The Broker Launch Program | |
|---|---|---|
| Up front | A franchise fee, plus your own start-up costs | One price, $34,990, with your launch package included |
| Ongoing | A royalty on every deal you close, often plus technology and marketing fees | Nothing. Not a percentage, not a monthly fee, ever |
| The brand | Theirs. You operate under their name and their rules | Yours. Your name, logo, domain and phone number, owned outright |
| Territory | Assigned, and usually restricted | None. Work wherever your license allows |
| Marketing | Varies by franchisor | Six months done for you, ad spend included, in accounts you own |
| Training | Included | Four weeks, live and on demand, with a Certificate of Completion |
| When it ends | The agreement has a term, renewals cost money, and the brand goes back | Nothing ends. You own everything from day one |
Five steps from "I'm curious" to open for business
Check your state
We're in 32 states. Pick yours below and see what your state requires.
Book a call
A real conversation about whether this fits you, hard parts included.
10 day review
You get the program overview, our written Disclosure Statement and the agreement, plus a walkthrough call. No pressure, by design.
Enroll
Sign, get your login and your cohort dates, and start the brand intake.
Train and launch
Four weeks of training while we build. Then six months of marketing running under your name.
A quick gut check before you book a call
This is probably for you if
- You've sold something for a living and you like the long game
- You want to own the business, not rent somebody's brand
- You're willing to get licensed if your state requires it
- You'd rather have the marketing built and running than figure it out alone
- You're in one of the 32 states we serve
It's probably not for you if
- You're looking for a job or a paycheck
- You want deals handed to you
- You need a guaranteed result
- You'd rather a big organization made the decisions for you
One price, stated up front
Compare it to a brokerage franchise fee plus a royalty on every deal you ever close.
- Advanced Business Broker Training (four weeks, online, live and on demand)
- Certificate of Completion and 60 days of Q&A support
- Brand design, website, CRM and business phone number, all in your own accounts
- Six months of done-for-you advertising with the ad spend included
- Monthly strategy call for six months
- Nothing else to pay us, ever
Cancel in writing within 7 days of signing, before the course is accessed, for a full refund. Not included: real estate licensing costs, entity formation, insurance, and the vendor subscriptions for tools you keep after six months.
Book a Call- The same four week Advanced Business Broker Training
- Certificate of Completion and 60 days of Q&A support
- Document and template library
For people who already have a marketing team or would rather build their own brand and run their own advertising. Same refund policy.
What we'd rather you hear from us first
It's not a franchise
No license to use our name, no royalties, no territory. Your brokerage is entirely yours.
We don't make earnings claims
Nobody can tell you what you'll make as a broker, and we won't pretend to. Results depend on you, your market and your license.
We don't sell leads or lists
We run advertising on your accounts. We don't load a database into your CRM or promise a number of inquiries.
You may need a license
Some states require a real estate license to broker businesses. Most require it when a lease or real estate is part of the deal. That's on you, and we tell you exactly what your state says.
No pressure, by design
You get our written Disclosure Statement at least 10 days before you sign or pay anything, and 7 days to cancel after you sign.
This is real work
Deals take months. Owners change their minds. The people who do well are the ones who like working a deal, not the ones looking for a shortcut.
Do we serve your state?
We only operate in states where we can offer the full program cleanly. Pick your state and we'll tell you where things stand, including what your state requires to broker businesses.
Where we operate
Not currently offered
We've chosen not to operate in these states for now. If that changes we'll update this page.
Licensing summary, not legal advice. Whether you need a real estate license (or, in Nevada, a business broker permit) depends on your state and on what's in the deals you broker. Confirm the current rule with your state's licensing agency before you take a listing.
Questions people usually ask
Is this a franchise?
No. A franchise rents you a brand and takes a royalty on every deal. We do the opposite: you build your brokerage under your own name, you pay once, and you keep everything you earn. We don't license our name or logo to anyone.
How much can I make as a business broker?
We don't answer that, and we'd be careful with anyone who does. Nobody can tell you what you'll earn; it depends on your market, your licensing, the deals you take and how hard you work it. What we can tell you is exactly what the program includes, what it costs, and that every dollar you earn is yours.
Do I need a real estate license?
Depends on your state. A few require one to broker businesses at all, and most require one when the deal includes real estate or a lease, which describes a lot of Main Street businesses. The state finder above gives you your state's rule, the training covers it in detail, and holding whatever your state requires before you take a listing is your responsibility.
Do you provide listings or buyers?
We teach you how brokers find them, and for six months we run advertising on your own accounts aimed at owners who are thinking about selling and buyers who are looking to buy. Inquiries come straight to you. We don't sell lists, load databases, or promise a number of inquiries.
Why the 10 day review period?
Because it's a real decision and we'd rather you make it with everything in front of you. You'll have the program overview, our written Disclosure Statement and the actual agreement, and a walkthrough call to go through it all, before you sign or pay anything.
What happens after the six months?
You keep everything: the brand, the website, the CRM, the phone number, the campaigns. Keep running them yourself, hire whoever you like, or ask us about continuing. You owe us nothing further.
My state isn't listed. Why?
Some states regulate programs like this in a way that would require us to register as a franchise or a business opportunity seller, and we've decided not to operate there for now. Leave your details and we'll let you know if that changes.
Ready for a straight answer on whether this is for you?
Book a short call. We'll walk through the program, the cost and your state's rules, and you can decide from there.
Get in touch
Tell us what state you're in and what you want to know. We'll give you a straight answer.
Phone: 602-845-0304
Email: info@pinnaclebizbrokers.com
Office: Mesa, Arizona
PinnacleBizBrokers.com is a trade name of Tesseract Consulting LLC, an Arizona limited liability company.