Business Broker · Vancouver & the Sea to Sky
From builder
to broker.
I help small business owners through one of the most personal, high-stakes transitions of their careers — selling the thing they built. Notes and straight advice from someone who has been on both sides of the table.
So much people stuff lives underneath the business stuff.
Hi, I'm Torin
I help owners sell — and I've built and exited my own.
One spontaneous "yes" in my early twenties turned into a decade of building and running small businesses: brewery software, a cleaning company, scaling a consulting firm. Today I work as a business broker, helping owners across Vancouver and the Sea to Sky sell well.
Having sat on both sides of the table, I've learned just how much the human stuff shapes every deal. This site shares what I've picked up along the way — from the deals, and from the quieter moments behind them.
Writing
Notes from the road of building and selling.
Why Do Brokers Say No to Selling Your Business
When a broker turns your business down, it's easy to assume the commission wasn't big enough. Mostly, we're making a quieter calculation — about whether it can actually be sold.
Read more → November 24, 2025Why Smaller Deals Are Often Harder to Sell
Most people assume a smaller business should be easier to sell. In practice it's usually the opposite — the scrutiny goes up as the price tag goes down.
Read more → November 6, 2025Value Isn't the Same as Sellability
Most owners assume a profitable business is automatically valuable, and a valuable one is easy to sell. Those aren't the same thing.
Read more →I operate as part of Breakwater M&A, a BC-based advisory firm — so you get a broker who actually knows your deal, backed by a full firm's tools and buyer network.