Lexbury Liberty is run by Colton Zirk, from Arizona. When you call, you reach the person who will actually be buying your business — not an analyst in another state, and not an associate who has to take it back to a committee.
He has also been on your side of this table. Colton co-owned and operated Jet Pet Resort in Phoenix, grew it, and sold it to a private equity-backed platform. He knows what the months leading up to a sale feel like, because he has lived them.
After that sale he joined the acquirer's M&A team, sourcing, evaluating and integrating further acquisitions, and advised privately held businesses through acquisitions and ownership transitions — so he has seen the same transaction from the buyer's side as well. Today he leads a regional business unit across the Southwest, running sales and operations. He holds a degree from Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business, and is based in Phoenix.
That matters more than it sounds. Selling a business is not an anonymous transaction. You will hand over something you spent years building, to someone who will keep employing the people you hired. Most owners want to look that person in the eye first, and here you can — over coffee, in your own town, before you commit to anything.
Being local also changes what we can see. We know the trades, the service businesses and the industrial operators around the Valley, we know what the good ones look like, and we can visit the shop rather than reading about it in a data room. That is why we can give you a straight answer in weeks instead of asking for another quarter of financials.
Most buyers want a perfect business at a discount price. They want eighteen months of due diligence, an investment banker in the middle, and a process built for their convenience rather than yours. That is fine if you have the time. If you don't, those buyers are not going to help you.
Lexbury Liberty is built for the other situation — where you need to exit because of health, burnout, a partnership that has fallen apart, or a retirement that cannot wait any longer. We don't pretend to offer top-of-market pricing, because that takes time you may not have. What we offer instead is speed, certainty and a deal that closes: no broker fees on your side, and no surprises in the eleventh hour.
