About Us

Margaret Hines is a business owner and principal consultant for CV Business Brokers. Margaret has over 25 years experience in business management, marketing and sales. Prior to starting CV Business Brokers she served as a business broker at Sunbelt Business Brokers. Margaret has also been in marketing product management and sales positions at AT&T, Level 3, FIS Metavante and Fiserv.

Based in Palm Desert California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, CV Business Brokers’s strategic focus is in assisting business sell their businesses and plan their exit strategies. She also assists entrepreneurs select appropriate business opportunities and franchises, launch brands, competitive products and retain customers.

Margaret is a frequent speaker and trainer in the area of business entrepreneurship, management, branding and integrated marketing. She has presented at SCORE, The US Marine Corp at Twenty Nine Palms, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO), the Fiber to the Home Council, Wisconsin State Telephone Association, Telecommunications Association of Michigan, the Midwest Telecom Expo and OPASTCO.

Margaret is past president of the Executive MBA Alumni Association for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has served as an adjunct faculty member for Concordia University, teaching Marketing Management. She holds an MBA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and an undergraduate degree in French and Business from Washington University in St. Louis Mo.

CV Business Brokers is also an affiliate of Business Alliance Inc. In business for over 19 years, Business Alliance offers a cross-section of hundreds of different franchises, full and part-time, small-to-large investment, nationally known to start-ups and individual business opportunities. Services I offer are provided at no cost to you; fees are paid for by the franchisors. I am constantly investigating the best franchise and biz ops in the market so entrepreneurs like you receive the most thorough review of the business ownership landscape.