Recent economic data indicates that corporate profits are slowly returning to the private sector while jobless claims continue to hover around 10 percent; further confirmation that we are in the midst of a “jobless recovery.” Jobless claims will likely continue to lag in this recovery, potentially good news for operations-focused business owners (more on this [...]
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Thanks again to those that participated in the survey and contributed to the production of meaningful results. Clear Separation of Data Conveniently, the survey results can be broken-down into four distinct quartiles. Capital Access, Employee Management and Company Performance represented the top 3 business issues. In fact, each of these three business issues were [...]
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While some business owners are still turning to business brokers for the sale of their business, the effectiveness of broker services are producing abysmal numbers, causing many experts to question the future of business brokers. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the ineffectiveness of business brokers when trying to sell a business. [...]
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On Monday August 9, SDR Ventures hosted a seminar titled “What’s Your Number?” focusing on the relationship between personal retirement and building company value. The seminar, hosted by SDR Managing Directors Carol Frank and Don Van Winkle, was presented to members of the Colorado chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO). SDR Ventures is a proud [...]
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The ever-growing federal deficit and runaway government expenses have many experts predicting a capital gains tax increase from its current rate of 15 percent to 20 percent or more in 2011. The 15 percent tax rate on capital gains was passed in 2003 with a sunset provision, meaning it would eventually expire. The initial expiration [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, SDR Ventures Team, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Jun 17th, 2010
On Wednesday June 16, SDR Ventures and the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) joint-hosted a webinar on business valuation. The webinar was presented in an effort to educate pet industry business owners on the keys to business value and to give actionable steps for maximizing value. Information was presented on the methods of valuating a [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Private Equity, Small Business, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on May 13th, 2010
The M&A market continued to rise for the third consecutive quarter, prompting many experts to compare today’s market to 2004. With a significant amount of capital pursuing very few deals, it is truly a seller’s market. One panelist at last week’s ACG Intergrowth Conference, Lazard’s co-chief executive Mike McFadden, stated “Things have changed so dramatically [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Capital Formation, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, SDR Ventures Team, Small Business, Strategic Planning on Mar 2nd, 2010
Over the past several months, SDR Ventures has hosted a series of webinars focused on the pet industry. SDR’s pet industry expert, Carol Frank, delivered the webinars to members of the American Pet Products Association (APPA). The first webinar, given on November 17, 2009 was titled, “Sourcing Financing in Difficult Markets: How to Obtain the [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Capital Formation, Economic Outlook, Leading Indicators, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Private Equity, State of the Market, Strategic Planning, Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2009
GF Data Resources has released third quarter statistics that show a continuation of the trends reported throughout much of 2009. Based on market data reported by 122 active private equity firms and our own observations in the marketplace SDR has identified 3 strong themes for the third quarter. Deal Volume Remains Low Through Q3 2009, [...]
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Avoid Neglecting Issues That Can Compromise Your Business’ Foundation By Don Van Winkle This is about your business and the negative effects of delayed “fixes.” Several years ago my wife and I put our home up for sale. Thinking it would go a long way towards obtaining our desired selling price we embarked on a [...]
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