Tom Howard Business Broker

Tom Howard specialises in online, ecommerce and technology businesses, and has closed more than a hundred transactions representing over $250 million in closed business. He works with sellers on positioning and preparing a company for maximum marketability and valuation, and with buyers on defining the right target and structuring deals that actually get to signing.
For a seller, his first job is to understand the business and its value proposition properly, alongside what the owner wants out of the sale personally as well as financially. Positioning follows from that, built to create demand rather than just interest. He measures himself on closes rather than offers, which shapes how he picks between buyers, how he negotiates terms, and how hard he pushes a deal over the last stretch.
For a buyer, the work starts with a clear definition of the target, then a strategy for reaching the right opportunities early rather than late, and deal structures that get accepted. For acquirers building a portfolio, he builds something repeatable rather than one-off.
A Christian, Tom spends his time with his wife and three children. Most of his interests are on the water, including boating, offshore fishing, diving and surfing. Outside that it is technology, politics and business.