What’s your “desk”?
If you are a business owner and prepare for the sale of your business: What is that “something” that you will have a hard time to let go of?
M&A and Interesting Ratios for Buyers and Sellers
M&A and Interesting Ratios for Buyers and Sellers…Buying or selling a business is a data intensive process. The most successful acquirers are fans of ratios.
John’s Story: A Tale of an M&A Journey
A real-life story of a business owner who ventured into the Mergers & Acquisitions process alone before calling for help.
Cristian Anastasiu is a panelist at Channel Partners’ Summit
Cristian Anastasiu of Excendio is a panelist at Channels Partners Summit
What MSPs Should Know About Private Equity and Selling
Cristian Anastasiu was interviewed by Channel Partners ahead of his participation in a panel at the Channel Partners Summit.
September Update from the IT M&A Frontlines
Many IT Services and generally IT firms have been only somewhat impacted by the recent crisis, especially when compared to other industries or to the IT industry…
Mergers and Acquisitions Implications for VARs, SIs and MSPs
Preparing for an exit, requires a goal as well as a plan. Is the goal to fetch a certain dollar amount when selling or to sell at a certain time…
What’s in a Name? Channel Partner Types/Positioning for M&A
What’s in a Name? Everything, especially when it comes to a channel partner’s business model – MSP/SI/VAR/Cloud, and positioning for a planned M&A transaction.
Update from the IT M&A Frontlines
“Good entrepreneurs are like chameleons,” said Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank judge and successful entrepreneur; “they change colors to adapt to different situations.” This skill will certainly be tested in the coming months…
Selling My IT Services Business —When Is the Right Time?
Preparation counts and timing depends on everything from strength of the M&A market to cultural fit, to the owner’s goals…
Is This the Right Time to Sell My IT Services Business?
A seller’s market, with unprecedented valuations and aggressive debt availability driven by non-bank lenders, continued unabated in the second quarter of 2017.
5 Critical Deal Points When Selling Your IT Service Company
In our final two articles, we will focus on some the key transaction elements, such as the transaction structure and…
IT Services Industry Surfing M&A Consolidation Wave
Should I consider pairing up with another firm? How do I prepare for such a transaction? How do I determine the right timing?…
IT as a Service: An Investor’s Perspective
Let’s shift from macro to micro and look at value drivers inside the IT services firm. In the next few months, we’ll…
5 Factors Accelerating the Consolidation Wave
There are a variety of other factors, economic and otherwise, that are also fueling the current fervor in the…