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August 16, 2019
Buying a business? Better have a plan
By Adam Burroughs
Companies preparing themselves for their first acquisition might appreciate Don Caldwell’s advice: “The plan comes first.”
August 9, 2019
Joy Taylor On The Keys To Good Deal Prep
TayganPoint Consulting co-founder Joy Taylor talks about how she prepared to sell her business to Grant Thornton, and what she would do differently if she had it to do all over again.
August 2, 2019
Thaddeus Bartkowski Took Control To Make Deals Work For Catalyst Outdoor
Thaddeus Bartkowski shares how taking deal matters into his own hands ultimately paid off for Catalyst Outdoor Advertising.
July 26, 2019
What Tom Bonney Learned From Selling Two Businesses
After selling his first consulting business, Tom Bonney built CMF Associates from the ground up with a clear goal of selling to the right buyer. Here's what he learned.
July 26, 2019
Campbell reportedly selling Australian biscuit maker Arnott’s
New York private equity firm KKR & Co is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire Australian biscuit maker Arnott's, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
July 23, 2019
Vail Resorts buys 17 U.S. ski areas for $264 million
The acquisition includes Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River Mountain in Ohio; and Liberty Mountain Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort, Whitetail Resort, Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania.
July 18, 2019
BioAdvance’s Rick Jones: Look Beyond The Dollars When Investing In Biotech
Rick Jones, an internist-turned-entrepreneur who is now a partner at the VC firm BioAdvance, offers cautionary advice to investors who would let dollar signs block a more practical insight into biotech investing.
July 16, 2019
MPD Chemicals bought by Entegris Inc.
The acquisition is expected to help Entegris continue to grow and diversify its engineered materials portfolio, which was recently expanded with the acquisition of Digital Specialty Chemicals.
July 12, 2019
Analytics, Not Your Gut, Are Best Judge Of Management
To figure out who’s the right fit for post-acquisition management, Tim Kardish relies not on gut instinct, but contemporary tools designed to assess the skillset, expertise and adaptability of the leadership team.
July 2, 2019
Fairmount's Charles Robins: The algorithm and alchemy of tech startups
Tech company valuations are based on wholly different ideas, a collection of measurements and assessments that are as much alchemy as they are algorithm.
July 1, 2019
Century Therapeutics gets $250M in funding
The funding from Bayer, Versant and Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics will allow Century to move multiple programs into clinical development for hematologic and solid malignancies.
June 28, 2019
Michael Araten: When PE backing isn’t about the money
How former K'NEX CEO Michael Araten chose the best private equity partner to back his international expansion — before his business became collateral damage in the Toys 'R' Us bankruptcy and was sold.
June 21, 2019
Philadelphia ASPIRE Dealmakers Event Photos
The Philadelphia 201 Hotel was the site of Philadelphia's biggest CEO-focused M&A conference on June 12. Check out the event photos.
June 21, 2019
Marc Kramer: What early-stage CEOs need from their angels
Marc Kramer, whose Angel Venture Fair has helped 2,000 companies around the world connect to U.S. angel investors, discusses a few issues that can cause partnerships to get lost in translation.
June 19, 2019
Axalta Coating System considers sale to maximize shareholder value
The supplier of liquid and powder coatings says its board has initiated a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value.
June 14, 2019
2019 Dealmaker of the Year Awards
During the ASPIRE Dealmakers Conference on June 12, Smart Business Dealmakers recognized some of the top deals and dealmakers in the Philadelphia region.
June 14, 2019
Balfour Beatty buys second Memphis multifamily community
The 300-unit community, which is in the Memphis suburb of Bartlett, consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes.
June 10, 2019
SeventySix Capital’s Wayne Kimmel leverages social capital of athletes to rise above noise
SeventySix Capital Managing Partner Wayne Kimmel discusses how celebrity can help investors and startups stand out in a noisy media landscape to create opportunities for all parties involved.
June 3, 2019
Aramark reportedly leveraged buyout target
Aramark is reportedly the target of a leveraged buyout by New York’s Mantle Ridge LP, which is rumored to be exploring the creation of a consortium with private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds to make an offer for the food services giant.
June 3, 2019
Frontage Holdings IPO debuts on Hong Kong exchange
Exton-based Frontage Holdings Corp., the parent company of Frontage Laboratories, a contract research organization specializing in R&D product development services, had its initial public offering on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
June 3, 2019
Quench acquires Aguaman
Quench has acquired substantially all of the assets of Aguaman, a point-of-use water filtration company based in Miami.
