The Third of Four Installments in our Series: Managed Service Providers Managed Service Provider companies can be sold for a premium in today’s market.Managed Service Providers (MSPs), sometimes referred to as IT Service Providers, come in all shapes and sizes. In the “Businesses-for-Sale” marketplace, MSPs are generally considered to have less risk and greater growth...
One of the most important skill sets that successful business owners have is the ability to be ready for just about anything. The key to doing this is being agile. Let’s look at what an agile framework looks like, why it matters, and the differences between waiting for perfection and being agile in your business planning. The...
The Second of Four Installments in our Series: Managed Service Providers In our previous blog post titled,Why IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) businesses are being acquired? , we discussed the current market frenzy over cloud-based technologies and the heightened activity with mergers and acquisitions within the Managed Service Provider industry. In this article, we cover...
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...
Most business owners do a terrible job when it comes to selling or otherwise transitioning from their businesses. Consequently, they are leaving tremendous amounts of money on the table. Consider the following statistics from a recent Exit Planning Institute (EPI) survey. 80% to 90% of most business owners’ financial assets are bound up in 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...