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Dusty Block is the Director of M&A for Dealonomy, and since 2017 has been an integral part of CEO Clint Fiore’s team (first at Bison Business, and now at Dealonomy). Dusty loves helping others make well-educated decisions throughout the process of buying or selling a company. From chatting through systems and operations to deep diving into financial analysis, he not only personally helps buyers and sellers, but he also leads Dealonomy’s M&A team. Dusty steadily removes the ambiguity and barriers associated with finding a business, buying and financing the business you want, or preparing your existing business for sale, and marketing your business competently to its future owner. His experience includes: - Operations & Financial Analysis. - Pricing companies at fair market value and ensuring that deals are bankable. - Helping owners streamline and maximize their company’s value. - Leading deals through a variety of banking and funding options. - He is an entrepreneur, business owner, and investor. - Former Director of Operations and Production Manager. - Has led Pitch Day events for startups to pitch investors for capital. - Involvement in non-profit fundraising. Dusty is a graduate of multiple industry and professional trainings. He grew up in Ingram, TX where he was an All-State athlete for Ingram Tom Moore. Dusty attended Texas A&M Kingsville on a track scholarship winning numerous awards. Today he lives in his childhood hometown, is married to his beautiful bride, Hannah, and is a proud father to his sons, Maverick and Miles. Dusty’s a volunteer for the Mountain Home Fire Department. He’s dedicated 1,000s of hours over the past decade responding to fires, vehicle wrecks, and other emergencies. He is a triathlete and a trained rescue swimmer who holds multiple certificates. He is on the Kerr County Swiftwater Rescue Team, a county-wide initiative, geared at having a team prepared for emergency flood rescues. Dusty is Kerr Economic Development Corporation Top 40 Award Recipient for his many community and economic contributions and is a member of Apex Entrepreneurs.

Elyssa serves as the Buyer Liaison for Dealonomy, where she loves helping good people make great business deals. She’s passionate about seeing businesses flourish & entrepreneurs thrive! Elyssa’s forte is putting the right people together to get things done. She has a degree in business management, has a robust background in contract negotiation, and extensive experience in non-profit and business management. Her experience includes: - Buyer Liaison & Advisor at Dealonomy. - Deal Manager at Bison Business. - Business management across multiple industries. - Non-profit management assisting high-risk populations. - Facilitated national and international business training events for thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives. - Experienced professional overseeing hundreds of business contract negotiations Founding creator of “Race to Freedom” a marathon fundraiser resulting in the rescue of hundreds of children from human traffickers. Elyssa is a graduate of multiple industry trainings in brokerage, negotiation, and sales. She loves encouraging and partnering with other world changers. Some of her past long-term endeavors include: running a non-profit to assist at-risk populations, making meals for the homeless, visiting prisoners in international prisons, and assisting with programs for children of incarcerated parents. She serves on the leadership teams of various networking and community groups. Elyssa is a Kerr Economic Development Corporation Top 40 Award Recipient for her many community and economic contributions and Elyssa serves on the Board of Directors for the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce. She resides in the beautiful Texas Hill Country where she spends her downtime with friends and family, and is the proud auntie to 9 nieces and nephews.

With over 30 years of experience in banking and lending, Steven Johnson brings a wealth of financial expertise to his ventures. He’s a seasoned real estate investor and serves as the Managing Partner of Fat Ass Ranch Winery & Brewery, the Managing Director of Orion Cost Segregation Services, as well as a limited partner in multiple oil and gas service companies. Steven is based in Medellín, Colombia, while traveling extensively between the U.S. and Colombia for his various business endeavors. When he’s not working, Steven enjoys just about any outdoor activities, sporting events, concerts, etc. He’s beyond blessed by his amazing wife, Kely and their children, Sebastian and Valentina, and, of course, their golden retriever, Sasha.

Mike began his career with a Fortune 500 Company in San Antonio in the title and escrow services industry, where he specialized in business development and real estate transaction management. Corporate relocation landed him in the Dallas Fort Worth market and easily transitioned into a successful residential real estate career over a 10-year period. Hailing from a line of entrepreneurs, Mike’s passion for small businesses led him to a brokerage career with Murphy Business Sales where he trained with tenured business intermediaries and certified M&A professionals. Mike leverages these skills to provide business owners with a seamless process of selling businesses. He is prepared to explain complicated subjects clearly and skillfully to negotiate on behalf of his clients, helping them manage change during seasons of transition with both empathy and grit. Mike approaches every situation with attention to detail and creative thinking. He is trained to value and market businesses to maximize buyer interest so his sellers can earn top dollar. In his free time, Mike leads a local free men’s workout group to foster fitness, fellowship and faith. He has held several leadership positions with organizations such as Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Lena Pope Home, The Association of Former Students to name a few. Mike is actively involved with his children’s school and church. Mike and his wife Stephanie are graduates of Texas A&M and are fortunate to have lived from the southern border of Texas in Laredo to San Antonio, Austin, College Station and Fort Worth but have strategically chosen the Texas Hill Country as they raise their two children.

Rachel Payton has over 15 years of experience in real estate, coaching, and business management. She excels in creating streamlined systems that foster efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity. Starting her career as a young office administrator, Rachel’s expertise has expanded across various industries, including real estate sales, team management, project development, and consulting. As a licensed real estate broker, Rachel has built successful sales teams, overhauled inefficient systems, and developed robust coaching programs. In leadership roles at Keller Williams, she managed productivity and training programs, designed courses, coached agents, and restructured business operations to reduce costs and improve workflow. Rachel specializes in identifying inefficiencies and transforming them into opportunities for growth. Whether building teams, designing operational systems, or developing training programs, her mission is to help businesses and individuals maximize their time and talents for optimal results. Rachel is a strategic thinker who delivers results by refining systems, empowering teams, and driving success.

The company’s Founder and CEO, Clint Fiore, has a unique combination of entrepreneurial, executive leadership, and high-tech systems experience. He has utilized these attributes to create a first-of-its-kind business that systematically removes the mystery and obstacles associated with finding a business, buying and financing the business you want, preparing your existing business for sale, and marketing your business efficiently to its next owner. Clint is in the sweet-spot to bridge the gap between buyer and seller. He’s old enough to have real-world experience as an entrepreneur and have been in your shoes as a business owner, yet young enough to fully understand the needs of today’s young and tech-savvy business buyers. His experience includes: - Founding Partner of a Texas-Based, 50 employee, manufacturing company that launched two national consumer brands each with multi-million dollar sales and nationwide distribution. - Successfully sold ownership interest of founded company. - Has raised 7-figures of angel investment for two different startups, both still operating successfully. - Former Vice President of a successful startup technology and social media company - Former public speaker that has spoken in over 20 US States to over 100,000 live audience members. Three years experience as the #1 commercial broker for the largest privately-held aviation insurance agency in the USA. Many high-net-worth, aircraft-owning clients and small business relationships in the aviation world. Clint lives in the Texas Hill Country. He’s also a private pilot and flight instructor and travels around the country frequently. He and his wife Melissa have four wonderful children; Amelia, Sophia, Cecilia, and Jetson. Clint grew up in Wichita Falls where he was part of his family’s 4th generation family business, Smith’s Gardentown Farms. He also holds a Professional Aeronautics Degree with minors in Business Administration and Navigation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. - Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) and frequent presenter and contributor at the IBBA - Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) - Business Brokers Association (IBBA) - Certified Value Builder (CVB) - Texas Real Estate License #677362 - Member International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) - Member Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

Marshall Hatfield is Dealonomy Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer: focused on telling the company’s story and growing the brand. From founding a Real Estate Marketing Agency in 2013, to house flipping & real estate investing for over a decade, to running Deal Sourcing operations for a $30m AUM Multifamily Hedge Fund, all along, Hatfield's has a proven track record building high-ROI Direct Response & Content Marketing systems (often from scratch). Since 2022, Hatfield’s focus has shifted away from Commercial Real Estate, and towards the broken and fragmented world of Main Street M&A: Buying & selling profitable, privately held companies. He got his start in the space 100% focused on the Property Management niche, which he started in as a Buyer, but quickly became an Advisory & facilitator, filling a service gap which was sorely lacking. Seeing the problems in the space firsthand, as both a user & service provider, quickly led to the birth, formation, and launch of Dealonomy as a high-tech, high-touch answer to the broken & outdated models of traditional Business Brokerage.

Before joining Dealonomy, Jason built an impressive track record as a serial entrepreneur, achieving multi-million-dollar exits with his two most recent ventures. He has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as a top-performing executive for his exceptional adaptability to evolving markets and his ability to drive significant sales growth. Jason's keen understanding of user needs and commitment to delivering exceptional products culminated in the development of an app that successfully reached over 20 million users.

Jan serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Dealonomy, where he leads the development and engineering of the company’s innovative platform. A seasoned technology expert, Jan brings deep expertise in backend architecture, mobile applications, security, cryptography, and artificial intelligence. In 2010, Jan founded his own software agency, specializing in custom web applications and cloud-based invoicing and accounting solutions. He was an early advocate for cloud computing, recognizing its transformative potential to replace desktop and local network systems. In 2012, Jan joined the social networking startup MeWe as Chief Technology Officer, spearheading the development of a scalable, feature-rich platform that grew to serve nearly 20 million users. Jan envisions technology and AI as tools to unlock human creativity and potential, enabling individuals to focus on high-value work by automating repetitive tasks. He views AI as a means to augment, rather than replace, human capabilities—fostering innovation and empowering better decision-making in both business and everyday life.

Elyssa serves as the Buyer Liaison for Dealonomy, where she loves helping good people make great business deals. She’s passionate about seeing businesses flourish & entrepreneurs thrive! Elyssa’s forte is putting the right people together to get things done. She has a degree in business management, has a robust background in contract negotiation, and extensive experience in non-profit and business management. Her experience includes: - Buyer Liaison & Advisor at Dealonomy. - Deal Manager at Bison Business. - Business management across multiple industries. - Non-profit management assisting high-risk populations. - Facilitated national and international business training events for thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives. - Experienced professional overseeing hundreds of business contract negotiations Founding creator of “Race to Freedom” a marathon fundraiser resulting in the rescue of hundreds of children from human traffickers. Elyssa is a graduate of multiple industry trainings in brokerage, negotiation, and sales. She loves encouraging and partnering with other world changers. Some of her past long-term endeavors include: running a non-profit to assist at-risk populations, making meals for the homeless, visiting prisoners in international prisons, and assisting with programs for children of incarcerated parents. She serves on the leadership teams of various networking and community groups. Elyssa is a Kerr Economic Development Corporation Top 40 Award Recipient for her many community and economic contributions and Elyssa serves on the Board of Directors for the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce. She resides in the beautiful Texas Hill Country where she spends her downtime with friends and family, and is the proud auntie to 9 nieces and nephews.

Dusty Block is the Director of M&A for Dealonomy, and since 2017 has been an integral part of CEO Clint Fiore’s team (first at Bison Business, and now at Dealonomy). Dusty loves helping others make well-educated decisions throughout the process of buying or selling a company. From chatting through systems and operations to deep diving into financial analysis, he not only personally helps buyers and sellers, but he also leads Dealonomy’s M&A team. Dusty steadily removes the ambiguity and barriers associated with finding a business, buying and financing the business you want, or preparing your existing business for sale, and marketing your business competently to its future owner. His experience includes: - Operations & Financial Analysis. - Pricing companies at fair market value and ensuring that deals are bankable. - Helping owners streamline and maximize their company’s value. - Leading deals through a variety of banking and funding options. - He is an entrepreneur, business owner, and investor. - Former Director of Operations and Production Manager. - Has led Pitch Day events for startups to pitch investors for capital. - Involvement in non-profit fundraising. Dusty is a graduate of multiple industry and professional trainings. He grew up in Ingram, TX where he was an All-State athlete for Ingram Tom Moore. Dusty attended Texas A&M Kingsville on a track scholarship winning numerous awards. Today he lives in his childhood hometown, is married to his beautiful bride, Hannah, and is a proud father to his sons, Maverick and Miles. Dusty’s a volunteer for the Mountain Home Fire Department. He’s dedicated 1,000s of hours over the past decade responding to fires, vehicle wrecks, and other emergencies. He is a triathlete and a trained rescue swimmer who holds multiple certificates. He is on the Kerr County Swiftwater Rescue Team, a county-wide initiative, geared at having a team prepared for emergency flood rescues. Dusty is Kerr Economic Development Corporation Top 40 Award Recipient for his many community and economic contributions and is a member of Apex Entrepreneurs.