Salvatore Urso is a certified business appraiser who holds the very prestigious CBA designation from the Institute of Business Appraisers (member ID 62312). Because of the stringent peer review criteria, there are fewer than 400 individuals in the entire country who have earned this title; from this very select group, few have the extensive practical transaction experience that Mr. Urso has gained during his professional career.  

 

Mr. Urso has been selling and valuating small, closely held businesses since 2005. Since then, his practical transaction experience as a business broker, along with his keen understanding of business valuation theory, have provided an invaluable framework for rendering realistic, accurate business valuations that can be defended in a court of law.

 

Mr. Urso has personally interviewed over 1,000 business owners, performed over 800 business valuations, and sold over 50 companies; see engagement areas listed below. In addition, he has over 25 years of experience in managing and operating small businesses as well as outside sales & marketing, through which he has cultured valuable skills that have help render him very adept and effective at applying professional judgement and experience to his work product.

 

Mr. Urso has been called upon and qualified to testify as an expert witness in court cases involving business valuations. IMPORTANT: Because of the quality work product, most contentious engagements are settled in pre-mediation, mediation or after depositions; this significantly drives down client expenses. see “Litigation Support Experience” below.

In 2010, Mr. Urso founded a spin-off, Affiliate firm called Ameri-Street Advisory, Inc. which focused primarily on business valuations and consulting related to business acquisitions across the United States.

 

Mr. Urso also co-founded two family businesses and was a managing member in the Tampa based Comfort Keepers home health agency. He has personally invested in, bought, managed and sold investment properties and businesses for over two decades.

 

His fundamental recipe is to combine integrity, honesty, experience and attention to detail such that all parties involved experience a win-win business transaction with minimal cost.

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