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This week, we explore several popular questions about mergers and acquisitions activity. Click on each article headline to read the full piece.
Data from the first quarter of 2016 compiled by CMF Associates provides a clear answer as to whether buyers have any interest in smaller businesses. [Read more…]
When you run a business, the multitude of tasks can be overwhelming. There’s strategy to deploy, marketing to implement, clients to manage, sales orders to fulfill and that’s just before lunch! How can a business owner get the most from these long days?
Believe it or not, your local chamber of commerce may be the most valuable professional membership available. After all, this is a group dedicated to economic opportunity and prosperity.
First, identify the right chamber for your company. A small, local printing shop may find it most helpful to join a small suburban chamber while a larger business may get more benefit from aligning with a regional or state chamber. A middle-market company with international sales may look to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for support.
Once you’ve found the chamber of commerce you think will best help your company, look for the following valuable benefits. [Read more…]
In the digest this week, we have data about the popularity of add-on acquisitions amongst private equity firms, value-enhancing strategies for business owners, and M&A activity predictions for the second half of 2016. [Read more…]
This is a guest post by Sara Speer Selber.
Your business and community leadership has been recognized and you’ve been asked to join a corporate or non-profit board of directors. Before you agree, it’s important to conduct the same due diligence you would when buying another company.
After all, your name will be associated with this organization and you want to make sure ethical behavior is its norm. You want to avoid board membership at the helm of a for-profit or non-profit led by self-serving leaders who act recklessly or illegally.
If you are asked to join a corporate or non-profit board, what questions should you ask before saying yes? How do you know if you are joining a board of directors that is behaving in a responsible manner? [Read more…]
Up this week: a look at exit planning basics, two issues that could negatively impact your company’s valuation, the story behind the sale of a software company, a case study looking at a private equity acquisition, and more. [Read more…]