The DVS Group
Ben Olsen
7300 W. 110th, Ste. 950
Overland Park, KS 66210
Phone: 913-713-4156
Company Overview
The DVS Group, a national intermediary business firm that specializes in connecting entrepreneurs with business opportunities with between $1 million and $20 million enterprise value. Our team of specialists' expertise in business transactions, our national network of connections, and our focus on opening doors for entrepreneurs create the results you desire.
In addition to our vast, local, regional, and national referral network of business opportunities, The DVS Group is currently associated with renowned organizations, such as: Right Management Consultants, Business Enterprise Institute and International Business Brokers Association.
Services Offered
Our professionals have deep and diverse backgrounds in business ownership and transactions. Each member of DVS has experienced business ownership themselves, and they use this experience to assist first-time entrepreneurs, as well as seasoned Merger and Acquisition veterans.
Broker Profile
Kevin Lindsey, President, founded The DVS Group in 2004, and he has managed private business transactions and entrepreneurial development for more than 10 years.
Kevin is an Entrepreneurship and Business Acquisition subject matter expert providing educational services to organizations nationally, such as: Right Management Consultants, Execunet and The Kauffman Foundation. He also is a regularly appearing guest on various media channels. Kevin routinely speaks as a member and instructor for professional associations such as the International Business Brokers Association and the Business Enterprise Institute.
Kevin is a classic serial entrepreneur, including being an inventor and patent holder of the Firefly Safety Lighter, a device that safely ignites fireworks without using flames or fuel. As an inventor, Kevin has experience in development and over-seas manufacturing, raising private capital, licensing, and marketing.
A University of Missouri graduate, Kevin's career has included corporations such as RJ Reynolds, M&M Mars as a scientist, and Merrill Lynch, The Equitable and BMA as a private wealth advisor.
Kevin’s consulting experience in guiding business owners through the exit of their business, as well as corporate executives wishing to acquire a business, leverages Kevin as an adept professional who can assist buyers, sellers and professional investors reach their objectives.
Areas Served
Kanas, National
Affiliations
IBBA; ACG; M&A Source; Business Enterprise Institute