Category: Building Your Business

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutes Buying a company is the easy part. Once it’s in your hands, what do you do with it? How do you ensure its continued success as you step into the owner’s shoes? This acquisition transition doesn’t happen overnight and can even take a few years. There is no “right” way to integrate new leadership into...

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutes The Patience To Get The Best Result The process of selling a manufacturing company takes some time, especially if you want to find the RIGHT buyer. By “right” I mean a buyer who will respect, protect and grow your legacy, rather than make massive cuts in an effort to increase cash flow so they can...

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutes This month we’re taking a look at who is buying lower middle market manufacturing companies. One of our featured articles tells how an increasing number of middle-aged executives are leaving corporate America for business ownership. While this might not be news to you, how they’re funding the acquisition to be debt and interest free may...

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutes Why a Roll Up Makes Sense Finding the perfect manufacturing acquisition can be tough. Buyers usually have a list of criteria or “must haves.” For most of the buyers we work with, that list includes a business that can be scaled up, something with little competition in a fragmented industry where there are no or...