Jay Steinfeld built Blinds.com into a $100 million ecommerce retailer before selling out to Home Depot. Here are five things that made it a spectacular exit. Win the Make vs. Buy Battle Companies like Home Depot have a “make or buy” decision when they see a competitor...
Background Our client was the founder, majority shareholder, and CEO of a software company that provides cost accounting and contract revenue optimization to hospitals and other healthcare providers. The client was preparing to retire and sell the company to two executives who had long tenure in...
A recent article posted on Business2Community.com entitled “How to Close the Deal and When to Walk Away When Buying or Selling a Business” explains the business sale process and how to differentiate between a good deal and a bad deal during the process. Closing a deal...
Join us on October 10 for a webinar about mergers and acquisitions for middle market technology companies. Our panel of experienced advisors will discuss what buyers want, don't want, and how you can prepare your company before engaging with potential buyers. Click here to learn more...
Small business owners, wary of economic uncertainty, become more realistic about their sales valuations Continuing a multi-year trend, information technology companies are the most the most sought-after business acquisitions valued in the $5 million to $50 million range, according to the Q2 2017 Market Pulse Report....
Are you trying to time the sale of your business so that you exit when both your business and the economy are peaking? While your objective to build your company’s value is admirable, here are five reasons why you may want to sell sooner than you...
Burnout is a strange phenomenon in that often a business owner doesn’t know that he or she is experiencing it until it is too late. Owners who feel beleaguered and overly stressed frequently want to sell their business and move on. However, buyers are not...
Two businesses could report the same numeric value for earnings but that doesn’t always tell the whole story. As it turns out, there is far more to earnings than may initially meet the eye. While two businesses might have a similar sale price, that certainly...
A recently published article from Business.com entitled “Why Every Business Owner Needs an Exit Strategy” outlines the importance of having an exit strategy for business owners, no matter what point they are at in running their business. The author uses an analogy involving building construction: if...
Stephanie Breedlove started Breedlove & Associates in 1992 as a way to pay her nanny. The big payroll processors weren’t interested in dealing with one person’s wages and doing it themselves was complicated and time-consuming, too much for the then overwhelmed Breedloves. Breedlove saw a business...