In the lower middle market, 33% of buyers were existing companies, a drop from 40% in 2019. This year, first time buyers accounted for 22% of lower middle market activity and serial entrepreneurs accounted for 18%. Private equity firms remain active, representing 22% of lower middle market buyers in 2020—a… Read More »2020 Lower Middle Market Buyers
“There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.” – Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first female entrepreneur millionaire Madam C.J. Walker was an American entrepreneur,… Read More »Monday Mojo Madam C.J. Walker
First time buyers dominated the Main Street market, followed by serial entrepreneurs and existing companies. In the Main Street market, individuals made up 73% of business buyers (44% first time buyers, 29% serial entrepreneurs). Source: IBBA & M&A Source Market Pulse 2020 Q4 (published 2/9/2021) #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen… Read More »2020 active Buyers – main street
Many business owners have operated their companies for too long and have lost their interest or drive. As a result, the business can flounder and stop growing. Not only do revenues and profits suffer, but the value of the company goes downhill. And it only gets worse in a down… Read More »Tip #26 Owner Burnout is Bad for Business!
The highest seller-sentiment in the Main Street market was last seen in Q1 2018 with a 72% score in the $1MM-$2MM sector (now at 46% in Q4 2020). Peak seller-sentiment in the lower middle market was last seen in Q1 2015 at 86% in the $5MM-$50MM sector (now at 63%… Read More »Business Sales: Seller Market* Sentiment
29 states and D.C. have a rate higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, which was introduced in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Source: Statista/National Conference of State Legislatures #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #MinimumWage #Statistita
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: “Time kills all deals.” Essentially the longer it takes an M&A transaction to reach the closing table, the more likely that deal is to fizzle and die a painful death. A lot of it just comes down to human… Read More »You’re Killing Me ….!
Seller-market sentiment returned to Q1 2020 levels or better in three of the five market segments. Advisors indicate that sellers have the advantage in the lower middle market, where seller-market sentiment exceeds 50%. Source: IBBA & M&A Source Market Pulse 2020 Q4 (published 2/9/2021) #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #MASource… Read More »Business Sales: Seller Market Stronger for Businesses $1MM-$50MM
Even with the pandemic, we can’t escape office jargon. Some phrases tend to get under people’s skin more than others and a 2019 GetResponse survey polled 1,000 U.S. employees to determine the absolute worst of the worst. #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #GetResponse #OfficeJargon
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake, Co-founder, Flickr Caterina Fake is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. She co-founded the websites Flickr in 2004 and Hunch in 2007. Fake has been a… Read More »Monday Mojo Caterina Fake