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March 14, 2024
Announcing Dallas' Smart Business Network Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class!
Here are the Dallas Dealmaker of the Year Award honorees and Hall of Famers we're recognizing this year! ...
By SBN Staff
March 14, 2024
To Close Deals, Get Personal
LUXIT Group's Stephane Vedie on the impact relationships can have in M&A...
By Adam Burroughs
March 14, 2024
Deal Math: Quantifying Culture, Predicting Lifespan
Crown Capital's Christopher Graham on the unexpected ways math can measure deal risk...
By Adam Burroughs
March 7, 2024
Policies That Bring Big-Picture Metrics Down To The Factory Floor
Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness Former CEO Jared Leishman on programs designed to engage employees in achieving company goals....
By Adam Burroughs
March 7, 2024
For Bliffert Lumber, People Are Central To A Deal
Bliffert Lumber's Eli Bliffert on the role a target's people play in a deal...
By Adam Burroughs
March 7, 2024
AI Trends for the Progressive CEO: Navigating the Transformative Landscape
Chief Outsiders' Ed Valdez and Angus Robertson rank the eight most important factors in the AI scene to pay attention to right now....
By Ed Valdez and Angus Robertson
March 7, 2024
Announcing St. Louis' Smart Business Network Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class!
We're celebrating the accomplishments of the 2024 class of winners March 14 at the St. Louis Smart Business Dealmakers Conference. Together, they provide a strong picture of the St. Louis business community....
By SBN Staff
March 7, 2024
It's Complicated: Earnouts And Their Impact On A Deal
The full Pittsburgh Smart Business Dealmakers Conference Kickoff panel offer their takes on the earnout's role in a deal — for better and worse. ...
By Adam Burroughs
February 29, 2024
Find Advisors Who You Trust With Your Life
Speedeon Data's Gerard Daher on the importance of advisors and mentors as he prepares for an exit....
By Adam Burroughs
February 29, 2024
Inside The Thought Process Of Sell Or Don't Sell
Osage Venture Partners' Emily Foote on how she came to the decision she made with Practice, a company she co-founded....
By Adam Burroughs
February 29, 2024
The Role of a Family Office for Founders
615 Ventures' Rob Bellenfant, along with UBS's Mark Tepsich and James Jack, on the challenges of starting a family office after an exit, as well as strategies to better handle the new responsibilities....
By Adam Burroughs
February 29, 2024
Announcing Boston's Smart Business Network Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class!
Here are the Boston Dealmaker of the Year Award honorees and Hall of Famers we're recognizing this year! ...
By Adam Burroughs
February 28, 2024
McGowan Acquires Assets of Parks Plus Underwriting Agency LLC & Intersure Insurance Brokers Corp.
The McGowan Companies has acquired the assets of Parks Plus Underwriting Agency, LLC and Intersure Insurance Brokers Corp....
By SBN Staff
February 28, 2024
Black Tech Nation Ventures Closes $50M Inaugural Fund
Black Tech Nation Ventures, a Pittsburgh-based venture firm, closed a $50 million inaugural fund....
By SBN Staff
February 28, 2024
Koppers Signs Agreement to Acquire Brown Wood Preserving
Koppers Holdings Inc. signed an agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Brown Wood Preserving company and certain of its affiliates for approximately $100 million in cash. ...
By SBN Staff
February 23, 2024
Wesco Enters Agreement to Sell Integrated Supply Business to Vallen Distribution
Wesco International has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Wesco Integrated Supply business to Vallen Distribution....
By SBN Staff
February 21, 2024
How To Unlock Value and Create Excitement For Investors
CollisionRight's Richard Harrison on the importance of generating investor excitement when executing a roll-up strategy....
By Adam Burroughs
February 21, 2024
Sellers, Keep It Simple When Talking With Buyers
Circuit Check's Chris Scorse on the importance of clear communication between sellers and potential buyers....
By Adam Burroughs
February 21, 2024
Determining The Right Capital Structure To Finance Acquisitions
TD Williamson's Cris Gaut on financing deals and determining the right capital structure as the company moves through its lifecycle....
By Adam Burroughs
February 21, 2024
Announcing Pittsburgh's Smart Business Network Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class!
Here are the Pittsburgh Dealmaker of the Year Award honorees and Hall of Famers we're recognizing this year!...
By SBN Staff
February 21, 2024
StateServ acquires Delta Care Rx
StateServ has completed its acquisition of Delta Care Rx, a national pharmaceutical care provider based in Pittsburgh. ...
By SBN Staff
February 21, 2024
Blackbird Health raises $17M in Series A funding
Blackbird Health, a neuroscience-led and technology-backed youth mental health provider, raised $17 million in series A funding. ...
By SBN Staff
February 21, 2024
BGL Handles Sale of Arctic Industries, Store It Cold to Kinzie Capital
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) has sold Arctic Industries and Store It Cold, a portfolio company of Stoic Holdings, to Kinzie Capital Partners LP, a private equity firm based in Chicago....
By SBN Staff
February 20, 2024
SEAM Group to Be Acquired by ABB
SEAM Group has entered into an agreement to be acquired by ABB, a global technology leader in electrification and automation....
By SBN Staff
February 20, 2024
Society Brands Acquires Brands Clarifion, Cleanomic
Society Brands, a tech-enabled consumer products company built for and by founders, acquires two Orange County, Calif.-based brands, Clarifion and Cleanomic....
By SBN Staff
February 19, 2024
Borgman Capital Partners with Technical Products Inc.
Private equity firm Borgman Capital has partnered with Technical Products, Inc., a customer-focused, regional chemical distributor headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio....
By SBN Staff
February 15, 2024
The Unexpected Sale Of A Family Business
Former Birko Corporation Owner Kelly Green on the shift to selling her family business....
By Adam Burroughs
February 15, 2024
Doing Right By Your Team In A Deal
Juvare's Robert Watson on the importance of focusing on the team during a transaction....
By Adam Burroughs
February 15, 2024
How Market Shifts Are Impacting PE Fundraising
Sidereal Capital Group Jabbar Abdi on the state of PE fundraising. ...
By Adam Burroughs
February 15, 2024
Announcing Nashville's Smart Business Network Dealmaker Award Winners and 2024 Dealmakers Hall of Fame Class!
The Smart Business Dealmakers Dealmaker of the Year Awards and Hall of Fame recognize exceptional individuals who are shaping the landscape of business and innovation in Nashville....
By SBN Staff
February 15, 2024
LIVE365 acquires customers of Christian Netcast
Live365, the one-stop shop for internet radio stations, is partnering with ChristianNetcast to provide complete streaming services for the network’s faith-based broadcasters....
By SBN Staff
February 14, 2024
CertaSite Expands Columbus-Area Footprint
CertaSite® has acquired Fire Systems Professionals, a fire systems and security business that serves the Columbus area....
By SBN Staff
February 12, 2024
CNX Resources sells private offering of $400M of senior notes
CNX Resources Corp. intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer and sell in a private placement to eligible purchasers $400 million of senior notes due 2032....
By SBN Staff
February 9, 2024
Capital Costs And The Impact On Dealmaking
Monarch Collective's Suk Shah on capital options today and the effect on M&A...
By Adam Burroughs
February 9, 2024
To Finance A Deal, Get Creative
ARME Group's Ron Beam on the opportunities and risks that come with getting deal capital...
By Adam Burroughs
February 9, 2024
Firing Sisters And Setting Up A Son's First LLC
Preferred Data Systems' Kelly Comeaux on life growing up in a family business. ...
By Adam Burroughs
February 9, 2024
Raising Capital And Competing With Unicorns
Hungry Planet CEO Todd Boyman talks about launching Hungry Planet and why it raised modest capital compared to its unicorn competitors....
By Michael Marzec
February 7, 2024
CBIZ Acquires Erickson, Brown & Kloster LLC
CBIZ, Inc., a provider of financial, insurance and advisory services, has acquired tax and accounting service provider, Erickson, Brown & Kloster, LLC (EBK), of Colorado Springs, CO....
By SBN Staff
February 2, 2024
Medical Mutual Signs Agreement to Acquire Paramount Health
Medical Mutual recently announced its intent to purchase Paramount Health, a Northwest Ohio-based health insurance company owned by ProMedica. Paramount, which offers Medicare Advantage, Individual...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Scene Acquired by Great Lakes Publishing
Great Lakes Publishing proudly announces it has purchased Cleveland Scene, strengthening its commitment to local, high-quality, Cleveland-based content on all platforms. “Cleveland Scene is long known...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
KODIS Acquires Empire Freight Logistics to Strengthen and Diversify Service Offering
KODIS Holdings, a collection of niche logistics companies, completed the acquisition of Syracuse-based Empire Freight Logistics. This is KODIS' most recent acquisition since purchasing Tomball,...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Cyprium Completes Investment in OneroRx
Cyprium Partners announced it has completed its 100th platform investment, providing debt and equity to OneroRx Inc, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. OneroRx provides integrated pharmacy...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Electronic Merchant Systems Expands with Acquisition of LA-based PaymentCloud
Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), a payment technology provider, announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based PaymentCloud. For EMS, this deal further strengthens its distribution channels. It...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Digital Print Solutions Acquires Americas Print Show
Digital Print Solutions (DPS) announced the acquisition of the Americas Print Show (APS), ushering in a new era for print and graphics events. Effective immediately, DPS will assume reins of the 2024...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Athersys files for bankruptcy, sells assets to Healios
A failed attempt in the fall to salvage Athersys following an unsatisfactory trial of an ischemic stroke cell therapy, led the biotech to sell all assets to Healios and file for bankruptcy. In...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
GE HealthCare announces agreement to acquire MIM Software
GE HealthCare announced it entered into an agreement to acquire MIM Software, a global provider of medical imaging analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the practice of radiation...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Cardinal Health to acquire Specialty Networks and its PPS Analytics platform
Cardinal Health announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Specialty Networks, a technology-enabled multi-specialty group purchasing and practice enhancement organization for...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Why CEOs at Midsize Firms Must Embrace Tech to Compete
Committing to gradual modernization now is infinitely better than a panicked scramble for reinvention when the markets force your hand....
By Mark Kirschner
February 2, 2024
To Maximize Value, Build A Great Team
DGP Capital's Jack Chang on what sellers can do to make their business attractive to buyers, when they should start the process and who they can turn to for help as they work to maximize their deal. ...
By Adam Burroughs