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Podcasts: What People Tune Into

Over the past few years, podcasts have emerged as a new form of distributing audio content to a broad, international audience. Particularly popular among younger audiences and digital natives, podcasts are especially well-suited for long-form audio content such as interview formats and talks that dig deeper into certain topics or special interests… Read More »Podcasts: What People Tune Into

Real Wages Are Dropping

Inflation is taking a chunk out of savings, wages, profits. Here’s some perspective on the tight labor market: Once you adjust wage data for inflation, workers in the U.S. don’t seem to have made much progress since the before-times, Emily writes. American workers earned $31.95 on average, in real terms… Read More »Real Wages Are Dropping

Interest Rates are Rising

Investors think Fed rate hikes are a done deal, Axios’ Matt Phillips writes. Sometimes things change. For instance, expectations about Fed rate hikes. Driving the news: Friday’s sizzling inflation report reinforced surging expectations for Fed rate hikes this year. This means traders and investors are overwhelmingly betting the central bank will hike… Read More »Interest Rates are Rising

Financing Deals in 2022

Year-over-year trends show an increase in seller financing in the Main Street market. The lower M&A market remains steady, however, there were fewer earnouts.

From Offer to Close

The average time to sell a small business shrunk slightly, varying from six to 11 months. Of that time roughly 60 to 120 days are spend in due diligence and execution, after a signed letter of intent or offer.

Time to Close

The average time to sell a small business shrunk slightly, varying from six to 11 months. Of that time roughly 60 to 120 days arespend in due diligence and execution, after a signed letter of intent or offer.

Seller’s Market

A seller’s market occurs when demand exceeds supply. There are more interested, active buyers than there are quality deals onthe market. In a seller’s market, buyer’s compete in order to win deals. This typically translates to increased values and morefavorable deal terms for the seller.Q1 trends shows an ongoing rebound… Read More »Seller’s Market