Thinking Like Owners…
Posted in Economic Outlook, Government Policy, Small Business, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Oct 21st, 2011
Thanks again to those that participated in the survey and contributed to the production of meaningful results. Blame Game Internally, our office was split as to how the poll results would fall. In reality, the poll results leave little question as to the sentiment of our clients. Nearly 77% of the respondents believe that regulatory [...]
Posted in Business Coaching, Entrepreneurs' Organization, Strategic Planning on Jan 27th, 2011
At SDR Ventures, we are a big supporter of peer share groups. It can be lonely at the top for CEOs and peer share groups provide a number of valuable benefits. Gaining outside perspective, a big-picture focus and accountability are just a few. Peer share groups are made up of non-competing CEOs and typically meet [...]
Posted in Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Jan 13th, 2011
Thanks again to those that participated in the survey and contributed to the production of meaningful results. Q4 2010 Theme – “Optimism Abounds” Based on survey results, SDR notes a clear sign of optimism amongst our clients and contacts. With over 3/4 of those polled indicating that they will be hiring in 2011, we [...]
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 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 Economic Outlook, Government Policy, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning on Aug 2nd, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Business Coaching, Economic Outlook, SDR Ventures Team, Small Business, Strategic Planning on Mar 22nd, 2010
SDR Ventures has long believed in the value of peer learning for entrepreneurs. There is nothing that can replace what is gained by learning shoulder-to-shoulder with other business owners. This has been the basis of our Performance Exchange Groups. Now, we are excited to announce our partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation as a licensed [...]