July 2016 – Calder Capital, LLC is very pleased to announce the successful sale of Gun Lake Rentals, LLC of Wayland (Barry County), Michigan to individual investors, Arya and Austin Khoshnegah. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003 by Alex Cazala, Gun Lake Rentals quickly grew from simply renting boats and […]
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Calder Capital, LLC is very pleased to announce the successful sale of National Coatings, Inc, a Traverse City, MI-based company. National Coatings was acquired by Zeb Hadley, Owner and Founder of Color Masters Painting of Raleigh, North Carolina. Hadley closed on the sale of National Coatings, Inc. in mid-May. Established in 1996, National Coatings became respected
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Many small business owners are self starters and have tolerance for risk as well as a natural optimism, so when they decide they are ready to transition out of the ownership role in the business they created, they try to sell them themselves. And they fail. Their businesses linger on the market, or they receive
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Calder Capital is pleased to announce the successful sale of Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC, to Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc. Mark Reinhart, President & CEO of Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc, headquartered in Grand Rapids, presided over the sale of Grand Rapids-based Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC in early May 2016. West Michigan native
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Sadly, the average business broker (the “introducer”) has an abysmal closing success rate of less than 10%. How is this possible, you may ask? It’s possible because typical business brokers do not take the time to do three critical things: Understand their client’s business and the opportunities that it provides for potential buyers; Prepare comprehensive
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Calder Capital is pleased to announce the sale of Impres Engineering Services, LLC, an established Holland, Michigan-based 5-axis CNC machining manufacturer, to Blue Star Automation. Calder Capital acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Impres Engineering Services, LLC. Established 21 years ago, Impres Engineering Services, LLC is a market leader in fast turnaround 2 through
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Cash flow of the Client Company at the time of sale: $650,000 Negative attribute: one large publicly-traded equipment manufacturing customer made up a significant portion of sales. This fact caused consternation with numerous suitors, however it was overcome in the following fashion: Results after 3 months of confidentially, yet aggressively marketing the business: • 63
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Adjusted EBITDA of the Client Company at the time of sale: $1,250,000 Negative attribute: one customer made up 25%+ of sales, which caused some buyers to pass. Results after 3 months of confidentially marketing the business: 102 buyers expressed interest in reviewing the business. 83 returned confidentiality agreements and received detailed information. 12 IOIs were
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Although both 2014 and 2015 were both great years for the small business market, with median sale prices rising over time, we have yet to see the tsunami of small businesses for sale that experts predicted just a few years ago. In fact, some people have begun to wonder if the market has plateaued or
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High fourth-quarter mergers and acquisitions activity in 2015 has many analysts expecting a robust year for M&A in 2016. Globally, the industrial sectors that are showing the most activity are: Technology, media and telecoms Pharmaceuticals, med, and biotech Energy, mining, and utilities Last year, M&A hit a record $3.8 trillion worldwide. Of course, a large
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