Want to increase your company’s value? Build your brand equity
If you want to increase the value of your online automotive company make yourself invaluable to your customers. You’ll also have some fun along the way.
Gastroenterology – Q1 2022 Acquisition Activity and Outlook
The first quarter of 2022 delivered ten reported gastroenterology practice acquisitions, continuing the high level of M&A activity we saw last year Several deals were announced in the first few weeks of the year, likely spilling over from efforts to close in 2021.
Selling Your Collision Repair Business? Calm the Fears of Employees Worried About Their Future.
When the owner of a collision repair business is interested in selling their company, questions related to employees often come up. When do I tell my employees about the sale? How do I deal with rumors? How do I alleviate their fears about what the sale means regarding their job security, seniority or other changes?
Venture Capital Invades Precision Metalworking
Once in a great while something comes along that has the potential to change everything. We think that day may have come in precision metalworking.
E-commerce platforms get more physical
Why are some e-commerce platforms and retailers making acquisitions in the metaverse and augmented reality as a way to make online shopping more like shopping in person?
How to Make Your Most Valuable Asset Even More Valuable
What is the most valuable asset of your business? The correct answer is: the people you employ.
Data “Signals” Provide Best MSP M&A Targets for Private Equity
To help private equity firms, FOCUS Investment Banking’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) Team has created the first and only predictive “signal-driven” custom scoring of the top 1,138 MSP targets that appear on the most prominent industry lists.
E-commerce M&A to Stay Red Hot in 2022
Following a record 2021, the M&A market in e-commerce is already off to a flying start in 2022.
Where to focus time and money in preparing a company for sale: Part 1
You have spent years building your company. Time, energy and money, all in significant amounts have been put into the effort. Now you are starting to decide what to do going forward. There are generally three possible paths here and only you can decide which is right for you.
It’s not all about Amazon anymore
Amazon may no longer be the only game in town when it comes to aggregators and the online retailers they acquire. Several recent deals by startup aggregators indicate that Shopify is the up-and-coming M&A e-commerce platform. This trend may suggest that demand for Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) businesses has reached a saturation point and that competing platforms offer more opportunity.