Opportunities in Business has been around since 1981. Our original owners, Tom Green and Bob Griesgraber, still operate our company today and work with our great sales team. We bring tremendous experience to every transaction and client we work with.

We were reminded of our longevity recently when we agreed to sell a business in St. Paul. Part of the deal involved a lease agreement with a St. Paul property owner who turned out to be the grandson of a man we sold a business for in the mid 1980’s.

Back in the 80’s, we were called on by this man’s grandfather to sell some businesses for him. He wanted to retire. We successfully sold the businesses. 12 years later, the retiree’s son contacted Opportunities in Business to sell a chain of stores he developed and we successfully sold all 11 small businesses for him. Then we sold two other businesses for him in 2010. The son’s goal was to acquire commercial real estate which he was able to do with the proceeds from the sale of his businesses.

His grandson used our services as well to sell a small business he developed. As the real estate holdings grew and the son of the original owner aged, the grandson assumed more of the day-to-day property management duties.

A small business operating in one of the buildings decided to sell and contacted Opportunities in Business. Part of that transaction involved negotiating a lease for the buyer of the business…with the grandson of the man we sold a business for 34 years ago!

It is indeed a small world after all!