From Radio Sales to M&A: Jeremy Furtick’s Unlikely Path to Co-Founding NorthStar M&A

🎙️ From Radio Sales to Record-Setting M&A Advisor: Jeremy Furtick’s Path to NorthStarJeremy Furtick, founding partner of NorthStar Mergers and Acquisitions, took a journalism degree, a radio sales career, and an instinct for understanding what people really want — and built one of the most unlikely track records in business brokerage. The first multi-year winner of the worldwide agent title in VR Business Brokers history, Jeremy left that security to co-found NorthStar exactly one month before a lightning strike burned his family home to the ground. What followed was a year of rebuilding everything at once — and discovering what actually holds through adversity.✨ Key Insights You’ll Learn:How a journalism degree and radio sales career became the perfect M&A foundationClosing the first deal in under six months — and why that timeline still holdsThree-time worldwide agent of the year with VR Business Brokers, first in history to win multiple timesThe NorthStar Transaction Navigator: 10 repeatable steps that create predictability in an unpredictable processWhy sweat equity can never be recovered in a business valuationThe working capital conversation sellers never want to have — and why skipping it kills dealsThe sellability scale: rating 10 subjective factors that determine where in the valuation range a business landsWhy every deal dies three times before it closesThe house fire that started 30 days after NorthStar launched — and what it cost and taughtThe sister-company relationship with Mastery Partners for owners not yet ready to sell🌟 Jeremy’s Key Mentors:Tom Bronson (Co-Founder, NorthStar & Mastery Partners): Serial entrepreneur, business builder, and the person who asked the right question at a networking event at exactly the right momentJohn Gorbit (Co-Founder, NorthStar): CFO background and financial due diligence expertise that freed Jeremy to do what he does bestRadio Station Manager (KRLD): Taught Jeremy that creating sidelines — not scripting every play — is how you manage diverse, competing forcesJeremy’s Wife: The voice that walked him through the six-hour pros and cons drive — and ultimately said get in the boat with these guysHis Close Friend After the Fire: Whose words — ‘you cannot compare tragedy’ — became one of the most important lessons of his life👉 Don’t miss this candid conversation about what it really takes to help someone exit the thing they built, why the middle market is underserved, and how a house fire one month into a new business launch can clarify everything that actually matters.🔗 Connect with Jeremy Furtick:Website: NorthStar-mergers.com📎 Transcript Available: From Radio Sales to M&A: Jeremy Furtick’s Unlikely Path to Co-Founding NorthStar M&A📺 Watch on YouTube: Inspired Stories Podcast🌐 Our Website: The Inspired Stories Podcast📎 Special Thanks to Anthony Codispoti & AddBack Benefits Agency: Providing innovative employee benefits solutions that improve employee well-being while optimizing your bottom line. Website: addbackbenefits.com