Guiding Ohio business owners through successful sales and acquisitions.

Fast Forward Business Advisors helps owners sell the companies they've built, and helps buyers acquire the right ones — with experienced, senior-level guidance at every stage.

I'm Buying a Business

I'm Selling a Business

Four decades of M&A experience, applied to your transaction.

“Most owners I talk to are eighteen months early. Most buyers are looking in the wrong places. Forty years in the room teaches you to see both.”
— Ben Calkins, Founding Partner

Selling a Business

We manage the full sale process — valuation, preparation, confidential marketing, negotiation, and closing — to help you achieve a successful and rewarding exit.

Learn about selling

Buying a Business

We help acquirers identify and purchase quality businesses, including off-market opportunities that never reach public listings, through a proactive and structured search.

Learn about buying

What you can expect from us.

Senior-level attention
‍You work directly with our principals, from the first conversation through closing — never handed off to a junior associate.

Confidentiality
Your plans stay private. We manage the flow of information carefully at every stage.

Aligned interests
‍We are compensated for results. Our success is tied directly to yours.

Local experience
‍Four decades of relationships and transactions across Northeast Ohio.

Both sides of the table
‍Because we advise buyers and sellers alike, we understand what the other side is looking for.

Learn about our process

Committed to the Northeast Ohio business community.

FFBA is actively involved in the region's business community. Ben Calkins co-founded the Center for Free Enterprise, which supports the growth, education, and successful transition of business owners across the Cleveland area.

Learn more about the Center for Free Enterprise