Thinking Like Owners…
Posted in Pet Industry on Feb 21st, 2012
As any pet industry expert, and certainly every pet owner, knows, U.S. consumers will go to great lengths to spoil their furry, scaly and feathered friends. But have you ever stopped to consider what all that love is worth? With Valentine’s Day just behind us, sales of cards, chocolates and flowers hit one of their [...]
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 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 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 [...]