Thinking Like Owners…
Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market on Jun 7th, 2011
A recent article from Business Insider highlights four trends that will have increasing effects on middle market transactions in the next couple of years. The authors predict a more active M&A market and higher deal flow as a result of these trends. The first is Inventory. Recent surveys indicate that retirement is a top reason [...]
Posted in Lower-Middle Market, Middle-Market, State of the Market on Apr 26th, 2011
Private Equity is making a strong comeback with total capital invested in 2010 up 2.5x since 2009, and Q1 2011 up 55% from the same quarter a year ago. The Lower Middle Market seems to be a driving force with continually growing funds, while reaching record deal volumes. The Business to Consumer sector is leading [...]
Posted in Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, Middle-Market, Small Business, State of the Market on Mar 1st, 2011
The number of defaults by corporate debt issuers fell by nearly 80 percent last year, according to a report issued Monday by Moody’s Investor Service. According to Moody’s, only 57 of the corporate debt issuers it rates globally, defaulted on a total loss of $39.1 billion 2010. This number is down dramatically [...]
Posted in Business Coaching, Capital Formation, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, Small Business, Strategic Planning on Nov 5th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Capital Formation, Economic Outlook, Leading Indicators, Lower-Middle Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Private Equity, State of the Market on Oct 26th, 2010
Private Equity funded the second busiest quarter in two years in third quarter 2010. The quarter yielded 316 investments totaling $28 billion, and 97 exits, totalling $16.8 billion. According to Pitchbook, each of those totals represents an increase from third quarter 2009, suggesting that Private Equity may be at the beginning of a recovery stage. In addition to Private Equity continuing [...]
Posted in Government Policy, Lower-Middle Market, Middle-Market, Small Business, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Oct 12th, 2010
With unemployment just below ten percent and business experts criticizing President Obama’s fiscal policies, the president signed a new bill into law that claims to offer relief to small businesses. Democrats say the bill could provide up to $300 billion in credit for small businesses and possibly create 500,000 new jobs. Republicans contest that the [...]
Posted in Lower-Middle Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, Private Equity, SDR Ventures Team on Sep 30th, 2010
SDR Ventures is proud to have been a sponsor of the 2010 Colorado CEO Forum, held on September 28th. Over 400 Colorado CEOs attended this year’s event, held at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The forum featured speaker, Jack Daly, whose message focused on robust growth for organizations [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Capital Formation, Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Private Equity, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Jun 3rd, 2010
As we approach the end of the second quarter, private equity trends continue to show positive signs, giving high hopes for the second half of 2010 and into early next year. Near record levels of dry powder have both investors and entrepreneurs poised as overall deal activity continues to climb. The high capital overhang, about [...]
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 [...]