Manufacturing activity continued to tick up last month as pockets of the supply chain showed signs of relief, according to a new survey from the Institute for Supply Management, Axios’ Hope King writes. Why it matters: Despite facing nearly two years of supply chain and consumer demand anomalies, manufacturers continued… Read More »November 2021 Manufacturing PMI
Figure shows the top issues driving sellers to market, for businesses closed or under contract with enterprise value of less than $2 million in Q3. After labor issues, some sellers are entering the market because cash flow has not returned to pre-COVID levels. Meanwhile, other sellers are entering the market… Read More »2021 Seller Drivers (enterprise value < $2m)
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Prior to selling your business, identify the traits you want in the buyer. That way, when you receive a strong offer from a potential buyer and do your due diligence, you know what you don’t want. For instance, if your buyer has just parted ways with another business and did… Read More »Be ‘In Like’ with Business Buyer
As we see college attendance dropping, we are also seeing more young people being Entrepreneurs, we are excited about all these new business owners entering the market. As outlined by Axios: Entrepreneurship rebounded this summer to its highest level since just before the financial crisis. The asterisk: “Young people, women… Read More »Self Employment At 10 Year High
With the new COVID-19 variant out travel stock tumble as outlined by Statista: While the world was holding its breath, waiting for new information on the latest, possibly more dangerous strain of COVID-19 that was discovered last week, markets reacted nervously on Friday. Stock prices sank and safe haven assets… Read More »More Troubles in the skies
This year trouble has been brewing in the skies, as outlined in USAFacts Article: And while skies are a little more crowded, the friendly skies are less friendly since the pandemic started, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration. As of mid-November, there was 5,240 unruly passenger reports and 3,798… Read More »Federal Aviation Administration
Please go out and support small businesses on Small Business Saturday and everyday. Small businesses is what makes the world go around. If you have a small business you would like to transition to a new owner we can help you with that.
The US tech companies just dominate market cap compared to the largest European companies. As outlined by this article by Statista: As the following chart shows, the power and financial clout wielded by the five companies often summed up as Big Tech is unmatched in Europe. While Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet… Read More »Market Cap of US vs Euro Companies
As we touched on yesterday travel is up, not quite 2019 levels however up as reported by Axios: Air travel is closing in on pre-pandemic levels, Axios’ Hope King reports. What to watch: The total number of people traveling for Thanksgiving this year — by car, bus, train or plane… Read More »TSA Thanksgiving Throughput