In business sale, owner finds perfect match

Venice commercial kitchen entrepreneur C.J. Fishman was a rather unmotivated seller when he met engineering executive Bob Daly, who was as motivated to buy the business as Fishman was not to sell it.

Yet the pair — through a shared vision of how to run a company, particularly a find-a-way to yes ethos — soon came to a best of both worlds deal: Fishman sold the company, Fishman & Associates, and agreed to stay on to handle sales and consulting while Daly got to have his own company, a lifelong pursuit.