I AM SHARK® — One Journey. Five Steps. One Legacy.
One Journey. Five Steps. One Legacy.
MainStreetBuiltAmerica.NowKnowItsValue.
Every business has a story. Every owner has a journey.
SHARK isn't just our name — it's the path designed to help business owners understand, protect, prepare, and ultimately transfer the value of what they've built.
It begins with a score. It ends when the keys are passed to the next entrepreneur.
I AM SHARK® is a movement dedicated to helping Main Street business owners understand, protect, grow, and ultimately transfer the value of their life's work.
Hear Why We Created I AM SHARK
Before you begin the SHARK Journey, we'd like to personally share why this movement exists.
Learn why we created I AM SHARK, MAKO Score™, and SHARK DealRoom™ — and why we believe every Main Street business owner deserves to understand, protect, and ultimately transfer the value of what they've built.
Every journey begins with one question...
Where do you stand today?
Your Starting Point
Where Are You in Your Journey?
Whether you're building, growing, preparing, or ready to transition — every entrepreneur starts with understanding where they stand.
Growing your business and building value
Scaling operations and increasing profitability
Getting ready for transition or succession
Ready to transfer ownership or exit
Not sure? Start at S — Score. Every journey begins there.
Authenticate the Value
of Your Business.
Move beyond estimates. Complete a professional MAKO Score™ valuation — powered by industry intelligence, lending analysis, and identity verification.
Choose a professional business valuation for $299, or add the complete MAKO Business Readiness Score for only $97 more.
Your business. Your information. Your decision. Completing Authenticate does not require you to sell your business or continue into matching or SHARK DealRoom™.
Powered by MAKO Score™ — the valuation and scoring intelligence platform for Main Street.
Business Valuation
$299
- ✓Professional valuation analysis
- ✓Estimated value or value range
- ✓Key valuation drivers
- ✓Downloadable valuation report
Receive your valuation and stop there if that is all you need.
Valuation + MAKO Score™
$396
($299 + $97)
- ✓Everything in the $299 valuation
- ✓MAKO Business Readiness Score
- ✓IBISWorld industry benchmarking
- ✓DSCR lending analysis
- ✓Identity & business verification
- ✓24-month bank activity verification
- ✓Comprehensive MAKO Score™ report
Add the complete MAKO Business Readiness Score for only $97 more.
When One Owner
Passes the Keys…
another entrepreneur begins their own journey.
And every journey begins again with…
Because preserving Main Street isn't about ending one business owner's journey — it's about helping the next entrepreneur begin theirs.
SHARKpreneur®
Bite-Sized Strategies for Selling Your Business With the Shark Team
SHARKpreneur® was Gerard Perillo's first published business book and introduced business owners to the fundamentals of business valuation, exit planning, business readiness, confidentiality, negotiations, succession planning, and maximizing business value.
Think of this book as a starting point. The lessons from SHARKpreneur® ultimately helped inspire MAKO Score™, SHARK Team®, SHARK DealRoom™, SHARK DealRoom Live™, Clipboard Moment™, and the I AM SHARK® Movement.
Education & Resources
Knowledge Is
Your Edge
Are You Ready to Own Your Future?
Start with your MAKO Score™ — the first step every serious business owner takes to understand where they stand and where they're going.