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Montie Barnes Jr

Agent at First Choice Business Brokers Riverside

Riverside, CA Website (951) 901-9802
Updated August 2026

About

Montie Barnes Jr is an agent at First Choice Business Brokers Riverside. He helps owners decide whether the time is right to sell, without pressure or stress. His own career as an entrepreneur spans over 50 years. He began as a teenage book salesman and later ran Barnes and Flanagan, a fiber-optic telecommunications company. That company served clients worldwide, including IBM and The Ford Motor Company. His other ventures include a manufacturer's sales representative company and a retail internet service and training provider. He also ran a 100-employee international software company based in India. He built a children's bicycle helmet company and eventually sold it to Giro Helmets.

Who is a good fit for Montie Barnes Jr

  • Founders who want an agent whose own entrepreneurial career spans over 50 years.
  • Owners of telecommunications or software companies who want an agent who has built and sold in those fields.
  • Owners weighing retirement who want a no-pressure conversation about whether to sell.

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Montie Barnes Jr started as a teenage book salesman. He went on to run Barnes and Flanagan, a worldwide fiber-optic telecommunications company whose clients included IBM and The Ford Motor Company. His other ventures include a manufacturer's sales representative company, a retail internet service and training provider, and a 100-employee international software company based in India. He also built a children's bicycle helmet company and sold it to Giro Helmets.

Montie Barnes Jr asks the questions he wishes someone had asked him during his own ventures. He raises whether an owner would sell if the price were right, and whether it is time to retire, travel, or spend time with family. He keeps the process free of pressure and stress.

Montie Barnes Jr lives in Riverside, California, and works as an agent at First Choice Business Brokers Riverside. Away from work he surfs, golfs, and spends time with family. He has also crossed skydiving, racing a NASCAR, white water rafting, bungee jumping, zip-lining, and hang gliding off his own bucket list.

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