Believe it or not, selling your business is actually possible. But how?
READ MOREDonald Miller, CEO of Business Made Simple, has always wanted to partner with a private equity firm to help small business owners sell their businesses. When he met Michael Arrieta from Garden City Equity, he met the perfect partner. Garden City acquires small businesses and grows them and has NO intention of ever selling them. Through a small community of only 50 investors, they prioritize organizational health, technology enablement, and marketing for every business they buy. Their ambition is to own profitable companies while creating great places for people to work.
Garden City’s curated shareholder family includes world class leaders such as Drew Brees, Tim Tebow, Dan Cathy, Pat Gelsinger, Jeb Bush, and 44 more high-impact leaders.
Our partnership is built on helping small business owners exit their company the right way. We know small business owners want a fair price, the ability to truly close a deal, and a straightforward acquisition process.
The question is, would your business be the right fit to sell to us? Before we help you find out what your small business is worth, here are some characteristics of the kinds of businesses we like to buy:
If your business fits these characteristics, take the first step by finding out, from our perspective, what your business is worth.
Our family of companies consist of a variety of industries such as:
Tell us about your business
We tell you what we think it’s worth
If it’s a fit, we make you an offer
Protect TeamProtect Culture
No LiquidityStuck in the OperationsCarry Home StressMaintain Risk
Provides Liquidity”Second Bite” at the AppleRip & Replace Team & CultureLocked in Earnout StructureSells Your Company in 3-5 YearsTerms Could Make Equity WorthlessFocused on Value Protection 
Only 50 Available
Protects Your TeamProtects Your CultureProvides Liquidity”Second Bite” at the AppleFlexible Deal StructureForever Home for Your BusinessBecome a Chairman & AdvisorFocused on Value Creation 
It only took 58 days from our initial conversation with Garden City for them to acquire our business. Grateful that they were fair, straightforward, and simple from the start.
Couldn’t have asked for a better financial partner. They were fair, fast, and didn’t change anything about our culture.
I sold to Garden City, as my top priority was to find a values-aligned buyer who would take care of our people and continue stewarding the business for decades to come.
I continue to be blown away by the values that Garden City’s large collective of investors brings to our team on a weekly basis - including introductions, resources, and guidance.
