Selling a Business

You’ve been asset-rich and cash-poor for twenty years. That’s about to flip overnight.

For years the business was the plan — the retirement account, the identity, the thing you’d reinvest in before you’d ever pay yourself. Then a wire hits your account and, for the first time, the number is liquid, real, and entirely yours to steward. It’s exhilarating and quietly terrifying in the same breath.

The expensive decisions cluster early, before the ink is dry. How the deal is structured can swing your tax bill by more than you’d believe, and the window to do anything about it closes fast — often before closing day. Then the question shifts from “how do I grow this?” to “how do I not blow this?” — and, harder still, “who am I now that I’m not the person running the thing?”

We work alongside your attorney and your deal team ahead of the sale, then help you build a plan for both the money and the life that comes after it. You built something worth buying. Let’s make the proceeds work as hard as you did.

Business Owner

Real people, real answers

What does “Living Invested” look like for you?

Small moments that reflect what matters most.

Saying yes to the trip without the second thought.

Knowing my kids will be okay even if I’m not.

Buying my dad the boat he never bought himself.

A porch and a real Tuesday.

Eating dinner at six, not at my desk.

What’s the Money For?

Every plan we build starts with that question. Not with a portfolio, a product, or a pitch. But with the life you’re trying to fund.

Most financial advice sounds the same because it is the same: gather the assets, pick the funds, mail the quarterly report. We started TVAMP because we believed the work, and the people, deserved better.

The point is what the money makes possible.

Many firms organize their planning around your performance. We organize ours around your life.

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Who you’ll actually talk to:

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Jeff Foster, CFP®

He follows up on the things you talked about.

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Jill Bertke Jill Bertke

Jill Bertke, CFP®

She helps you talk through the hard parts.

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Josh Stidham, CFP®

he welcomes the questions you almost didn't ask.

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“Knowing we have such a knowledgeable and caring team guiding us gives us tremendous peace of mind and confidence in our financial future.”

Mike & Lynda

Provided July 2026. Current client. No compensation provided. No conflicts of interest. Comments reflect client’s own views and opinions.

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Checklist: Things to Consider When Transitioning Your Business

You’ve spent years building your business. What comes next deserves careful planning. Download this checklist to explore valuation, taxes, succession, and how a transition could support your next chapter.

Are We a Fit?

TVAMP is not for everyone

This probably isn’t for you if…

  • Measure success by performance alone.
  • Are looking for the next “hot stock.”
  • Treat the relationship like a transaction.
  • React to market noise.

We’d love to talk if…

  • You want a plan, not just a portfolio.
  • You show up to the relationship.
  • You value advice and act on it.
  • You Live Invested.

Ready to Get Started

Two ways to begin

If this sounds like you, let’s have a conversation. If it doesn’t, we hope it saved you some time.

15 min • no prep

A Short Call

Tell us what’s on your mind. We’ll listen. You’ll get a sense of whether we’re a fit. No prep needed.

60 min • bring the checklist

A Deep Dive

Bring your questions, your statements, the things keeping you up. We’ll spend the time. Bring our 10-question checklist if it helps.