The First of Four Installments in our Series: Managed Service Providers There is an acquisition frenzy over cloud-based technologies in the marketplace today.If you are a business owner in this space, this should interest you. A primary factor is heavy demand for managed services by banks and healthcare in the light of market and regulatory...
Salt Creek Capital Acquires IT Assist, Inc. MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 1, 2020 – Sunbelt Business Advisors (“Sunbelt”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to IT Assist, Inc. (IT Assist), a leading provider of outsourced technology services to companies headquartered in the greater Philadelphia metro area, in connection with a sale of the Company to...
MINNEAPOLIS – January 14, 2021 – Sunbelt Business Advisors (“Sunbelt”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to Material Distributors, Inc. (MDI), a wholesale distributor of building materials based in Marshall, Minnesota, in connection with a sale of the Company to Amerhart. MDI’s primary service areas are Southwest and Central Minnesota, Eastern South Dakota, and Northwest Iowa. The...
Written by Randy Krivo, MBA, CMSBB, Licensed Business Broker It’s no secret that Private Equity firms have been acquiring independent Optometry practices throughout many parts of the U.S. for a number of years now. However, until recently, they were not active here in Minnesota or Wisconsin. That has now changed with the recent purchase by...
For business owners, one of the most important decisions made is how to best grow your business. However, growth can be a complicated proposition. How can you best achieve your desired growth goals? By adding more clients, more staff, new product and/or service offerings? Expanding into new verticals or new geographic markets? For a closely...
Often acquisitions fall apart within 24 hours before the close. And the lack of a comprehensive integration plan can spell disaster for the newly combined organization. Acquisitions are a great way to achieve cost advantages, grow revenues rapidly, acquire sets of skills and technology or a strategic strategy to promote growth. But there are three...
Mergers and Acquisitions are finally emerging from the dark ages. Today’s middle-market CEO’s have more transparency into deal-related information and relationships than ever before. Successful investors and buyers proactively connect with CEOs to discuss opportunities/ peer networks and online platforms provide CEOs access to industry data and trends; and CEOs meet capital provider at industry...
Keeping employees aware of transition processes can facilitate a smooth business sale. Selling a business can be stressful – determining a fair sale price, locating a qualified seller, trying to keep sale plans confidential as not to spook customers and current employees, and ownership transition. But once the sale goes through, employees come into the...
Often acquisitions fall apart within 24 hours before the close. And the lack of a comprehensive integration plan can spell disaster for the newly combined organization. Acquisitions are a great way to achieve cost advantages, grow revenues rapidly, acquire sets of skills and technology or a strategic strategy to promote growth. But there are three things...
