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
Every U.S. state has mining with NV contributing $9.14B in mineral production, followed by AZ ($7.03B) and Texas ($6.09B). Additionally, the estimated value of metals production increased 3% to $27.7B, mainly as a result of price increases for precious metals, especially gold, copper, iron ore and zinc. Source: Statista and US… Read More »2020: $82B in US Mine Mineral Production
$72.7 billion of the $284 billion already allocated for PPP. Ends on March 31. Source: SBA #DeltaBusinessAdvisors #MergersandAcquisitions #BusinessBrokers #MandAMarket #DailyBusinessAcumen #PPP #SBA