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History

Founded in 1987 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, BluestemUSA is one of the Southwest’s most experienced and trusted M&A business brokers. With over thirty years of operating experience and hundreds of successful transactions ; BluestemUSA is credible, established and capable of orchestrating your business divestiture or acquisition on a timely and confidential basis at maximum valuations. As M&A brokers and advisors, BluestemUSA also performs pre-sale business valuations, succession planning and pre-sale performance improvement strategies.

BluestemUSA is focused primarily on middle market clients with annual revenues from $2 Million to $50 Million. While Oklahoma and the Southwest U.S. are our core markets, in 2014, in order to fully serve the needs of sellers and investors across the USA, we formed partnerships with regional experts. This led to the formation and investment in the M&A platform of the International Business Group (IBG) and the Oil and Gas Advisor. These powerful strategic partnerships work together to ensure best outcomes for business owners who are selling a business. Our teams of business sale experts provide Bluestem’s clients with extended market access throughout North America, and the benefits of highly talented professional teams with experience, resources, and extensive contacts. Then in 2020, in order to further strengthen our breadth of coverage and service capabilities, we partnered with Easton Square, a cross-border M&A and capital services provider. So, whether you represent a family-owned business in rural Oklahoma,a multi-state manufacturer, or a distributor with a global footprint, BluestemUSA has the experience and resources to manage your transaction.

BluestemUSA’s Performance Partnerships – Expanding Our Reach To Maximize Your Outcome

Eaton Square

IBG Business

The Oil & Gas Advisor

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Client Comments

. . . accept my gratitude for your efforts and skill in delivering a successful sale of Cohlmia's. . . a long labor of love for me . . . owned and nurtured for 35 years . . . an excellent business that held many fond memories and cherished friends. My choice to sell did not come lightly. . . I choose business advisors cautiously. You . . . were recommended by some of my most trusted advisors. You earned your reputation in my book. . . you steadfastly represented my best interests. My confidentiality was preserved throughout. . . honest and frank in dealing with all parties and their advisors. Job well done! I will continue to recommend your services to any business owner with no reservation.

Charlie Cohlmia - CEO, Cohlmia's

Our objectives were to fund our retirement by extracting risk free money from value of the business, while staying active with a partner who would fund and support growth initiatives . . . respecting our objectives, IBG led us in negotiating a sale that exceeded all hopes. We enjoyed a huge ROI from investing in John and IBG to manage our sale . . . strategically prepared . . . unearthed and explained the true underlying value . . . and navigating us to a great result . . . find effective solutions to every obstacle. . . delivered on many opportunities to win value for us. Our sale was completed at more than twice the value of initial offers and what we had thought to be an attainable value . . . We highly recommend IBG to other business owners who may look to selling their business.

Roger Walker - CEO of Citadel Technologies

My family . . . hired IBG business to complete the sale of a company owned firm . . . IBG was recommended to us by our CPA. We were extremely comfortable . . . put together a package for us that would value our business. It was very professional . . . amazed at how quickly we went to market, and then . . . received . . . four offers. All of which . . . would've met our objectives. . . a fair price for the business. . . flexibility to spend time with my family . . . we could choose the buyer group that we felt best fit our needs . . . . . . bumps in the road. . . . where . . . IBG excelled. . . able to foresee some of the obstacles that might occur . . . the buyer actually said to me "I think your business broker is earning his money." . . . reason for selling was a personal reason, IBG was very cognizant of this . . . did they know their business? I would absolutely give IBG the absolute highest marks . . . always there to help us . . . when we had a problem. . . . good working relationship . . . would highly recommend them. . . We achieved a price that far exceeded what we expected . . . best of both worlds, because I'm still involved . . . have a small ownership stake . . . flexibility to spend time with my family . . . the best of both worlds for me. I fully attribute to the professionalism and the abilities of staff at IBG.

Kelly Young - CEO of Young Oil Tools

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