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Whether applying for a loan or selling the company, business owners must be prepared to disclose EVERYTHING. The business needs to look good — in all areas. To not be disappointed, business [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q4 survey sellers continue to get the majority of cash at close. In this quarter, owners got 81% or more cash at close with most of the balance being seller [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q4 survey Multiples are slightly off peak, and yet businesses in the lower middle market continue to draw values at or even above internal benchmarks. Source: [...]

A business’ net income plus non-cash charges (depreciation, amortization, depletion). Can be defined (if so qualified) as before or after such items as taxes, debt service (interest only or [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q4 surveys in 2018, 2019 and 2020, median final selling prices came in anywhere from 84% to 102% of the pre-set asking price or internal benchmark. Lower [...]

“Building a brand means knowing your story and building and sharing that story” Tamara McCleary Tamara McCleary From helicopter trauma nurse in 1987 to cancer researcher in 1990 to bringing [...]

according to Drive48 Partners are paving the pay establishing Manufacturing in Arizona, the recent Intel announcement is just one of many here in Arizona. Source: Drive48 #DeltaBusinessAdvisors [...]

Job gains in Phoenix, paired with a nearly 4 percent year-over-year increase in weekly wages, show ongoing economic recovery signs.  According to the Paychex IHS Markit Small Business Watch [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on if the [...]

Amazon warehouse workers are pushing for union membership in Bessemer, Alabama, a move their employer is bitterly opposed to.  AZ is one of the low % union membership states. [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on Canyon State [...]

Business owners often come to us concerned about employee jobs and retention issues after a sale. They worry that selling their business will lead to job losses if certain positions become [...]

82% of U.S. Adults surveyed by https://news.gallup.com/poll/339974/cyberterrorism-tops-list-potential-threats.aspx lists Cyberterrorism as the greatest threat to the U.S. This is also becoming an [...]

Balance Sheet – A financial statement that is one of the three important financial statements used for reporting a company’s financial performance, with the other two key statements being [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on if the [...]

Before the pandemic, the exchange rate was heading toward an all-time low as the US economy was booming, it will be interesting to see how it fares with the slow opening of European markets and [...]

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“I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance too?”― Jill Konrath Jill Konrath is a sales strategist, speaker and [...]

After the deep dive in sales right as the pandemic started sales have bounced back to close to 2019 levels according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Federal Reserve Economic Data [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet talks about what may happen in the [...]

A 224,000 ton container ship is jamming the Suez Canal after running aground in a dust storm. Currently 8 tug boats are working on pulling out the ship. If this doesn’t get resolved quickly it [...]

The Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) is a 10-state survey of community bank presidents and CEOs on current economic conditions, showing a strong belief in expansion. The index ranges between 0 and [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on collaboration [...]

As part of the Economic Aid Act that passed in December (and modified 2/18/2021), the Small Business Administration will make borrowers’ payments for three months on new SBA 7(a), 504 real estate [...]

nstagram is most likely to share your personal information with third parties for advertising purposes. The popular app shares data from 11 out of 14 categories with third parties, putting it [...]

Income Statement – A financial statement that is one of the three important financial statements used for reporting a company’s financial performance over a specific accounting period, with [...]

What Is The Benefit For A Seller And A Buyer To Use Account Servicing? On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta [...]

According to the Economic and Business Research Center air travel bouncing back. #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #MASource #IBBA [...]

“One of the best things you can do is stop and listen; that’s why it’s good to not just immediately respond when someone talks to you. Just stop and make sure you internalized what they [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on the Servicing [...]

Employment Recovery Comparison, United States, Great Recession and COVID 19 Recession, Months from Peak, Index Nov 2007 and Jan 2020 = 100 to Feb 2021. These two disastrous events are very [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on The types of [...]

According to the Arizona Commerce Authority, these are the opportunity zones in Arizona.  They have a wonderful map that shows different Arizona Assets on a map of the state. Read more about [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on Account servicing [...]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, There were 2,390 Business applications in the 9th week of 2021 compared to 1,690 business applications in the 9th week of 2020.  The 9th week of [...]

Happy St. Patricks day from Delta Business Advisors, may the luck of the Irish always be with you. Irish Proverb —— May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on video what an [...]

Dr. Ann Ewen of Sky’s the Limit Coaching, will be joining us Thursday, March 18th @1:30pm AZ time to discuss Business Coaching.  As a former business owner who successfully sold her software [...]

According to estimates from Statista’s ecommerceDB, a database profiling more than 20,000 online stores worldwide, Chinese Taobao and Tmall, both owned and operated by Alibaba, are the [...]

Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) – It is the Total Owner Benefit a business produces.  Generally, it is used for evaluating businesses with gross annual sales that are under [...]

On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, Olivia Limon Account Servicing Specialist at Canyon State was our guest on the Delta Business Bite webinar.   This Snippet focuses on the services provided [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q1-4 surveys, 60% of Business owners who sold their business for $5MM to $50MM in 2020 sold due to retirement while less than 7% did so due to health, family, or [...]

“And if the end result is that someone, somewhere winds up believing they can do something out of the ordinary, well, then you’ve really made it.” ― Angela Ahrendts Angela Jean Ahrendts, DBE is [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q1-4 surveys, just less than 2/3 of Business owners who sold their business for $2MM to $5MM in 2020 sold due to retirement while approximately1 in 5 did so due to [...]

Most retiring business owners expect that their financial needs will be met when they sell their companies. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Business owners should have a business [...]

$1.9 trillion package cleared its final hurdle in Congress on Wednesday despite no Republicans voting in favor of it. The plan contains a range of measures such as a further direct round of [...]

According to the Market Pulse Q1-4 surveys, slightly more than 2/3 of Business owners who sold their business for $1MM to $2MM in 2020 sold due to retirement while approximately 12% did so due to [...]

March 10th 2021 Update to the SBA Payment Relief Program that became effective on 2/19/2021. The SBA determined that they will not have sufficient funding to make all the payments outlined in the [...]