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Alan is the founder and president of Empire Business Brokers, LLC and Small Business Coach & Associates. His companies are focused on Exit Planning and Business Acquisitions, as well as coaching small business owners. He is a member of the International Business Broker Association, with over 1500 business brokers worldwide; Alan is a Certified Business Intermediary. Alan has been buying and selling businesses for the last fifteen years. He has coached, advised, and taught hundreds of small business owners over the last ten years. Alan is a nationally known writer, speaker and business leader. Over the last 24 years, Alan has started and led eight companies, and he presently leads four growing businesses. Alan Melton co-founded and served as CEO of East Coast Transportation from 1983 to 2001. With 130 employees and 8 million dollars in annual revenues, the company was listed locally and nationally over a decade as one of the fastest growing privately held companies. Prior to selling E.C.T. to a publicly held company, Alan was recognized by the President of the United States as the SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year for the state of Florida, and by the Florida Governor as the recipient of the Sterling Award for organizational performance excellence; joining a distinguished list of recipients such as Merrill Lynch, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and Honeywell. Alan resides in Landrum, South Carolina with his wife and two children.

Alan Melton Quick Facts

Main Areas: Exit Planning, Acquisitions, Valuation, Business Strategy
Career Focus: Business Coach, Speaker, Business Broker
Affiliation: Exit Planning Institute, Better Business Bureau, International Business Broker Association, Chamber of Commerce

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Alan Melton's Business Story

Interview on Valuing a Business

The Best Gift You Can Ever Buy Yourself

Small Business Coach & Associates

Survive the Big Boomer Business Bust

The Benefits of Buying a Business versus Starting One

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Alan Melton

"All of our fretting and worrying is caused by planning without God."
- Oswald Chambers

"Take a chance! All life is chance. The man who goes the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."

- Dale Carnegie

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."