According to the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, in 2010 Specialty Foods was a $70 billion dollar industry with 76% of manufacturers reporting growth and 36% reporting growth over 20%. The largest specialty food industry is the cheese and cheese products industry, accounting for 5% of
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By Jeff Gross on May 17, 2011 / Family Owned Business, M & A Today, Selling Your Business, Succession Planning / Leave a comment
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In the January 2011 issue of Fast Company magazine, Bill Taylor said “too much entrepreneurship is a bad thing.” I read that same quote in 1999 from a leading venture capitalist, who was chastised for saying it in The Industry Standard. I agree with both of them, but think
Read more →Family Business Succession Planning and Your Exit Strategy: Be Sale Ready
By Pam Ragon on April 12, 2011 / Allegiance Capital Insight, Exit Planning, Family Owned Business, Selling Your Business, Succession Planning / Leave a comment
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Pam Ragon, Senior Vice President, talks about Allegiance Capital Corporation’s unique operations and details the importance of succession planning in an exit strategy. Being “Sale Ready” means more than just considering exit strategy options, Ragon says, instead you have to have a well-rounded plan with lots of lead
Read more →Selling a Family Owned Business: A Construction Company Case Study
By Eric Kern on April 8, 2011 / Construction M&A, Cross Border M&A, Family Owned Business, M & A by Industry, Selling Your Business / Leave a comment
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Allegiance Capital specializes in representing family owned businesses in sale. Here’s an example of how, despite a number of challenges and obstacles, the Allegiance Capital team led the successful sale of a family owned business, a construction company in Arizona. The majority owner and CEO of this
Read more →Selling a Business: Tricks of the Trade
By Jeff Gross on March 23, 2011 / Selling Your Business / Leave a comment
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At Allegiance, we are very good at getting premium prices for our sellers and successfully closing transactions for our buyers. Our secret is educating the seller (whether we are representing the seller or not) on how to get a better offer (price and terms). The better the
Read more →Hot Healthcare M&A Sectors: IT, Telemedicine and Practice Management
As we welcomed in the 2011 New Year, healthcare M&A was up 44% and gaining momentum. Not surprisingly, government reform initiatives ─ The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare ─ will be the biggest driver of merger-and-acquisition (M&A) activity, according to 65% of investors.
Read more →THREE CHEERS FOR METALBENDERS: An Industry Valuation Update
By James Derks on March 8, 2011 / M & A by Industry, Manufacturing M&A / Leave a comment
Tags: ACG, Acquire a Company, Acquisition Merger, Acquisition Strategy, Acquisitions, Allegiance Capital Corporation, Association Of Corporate Growth, Business Advisory Firms, Business Valuation, Business Valuation Services, Buy Out Management, Buying And Selling A Business, Buying And Selling Businesses, Capital Strategy, Dallas Investment Banks, Exit Strategy, Family Business Consultation, Investment Bank, M&A, M&A Advisory Firms, Mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, Mezzanine Financing, Mid-Market, private equity, Private Equity Group, Private Investment Bankers Dallas, Private Investment Banking Firm, Private Investment Banking Illinois, Private Investment Banks, Private Investment Banks Chicago, Strategic Acquirer, TACC, Texas ACG Capital Connection, Texas Capital Connection, Texas Private Investment Banking, Venture Capital
Engineered metal parts manufacturers are enjoying a nice recovery and robust M&A activity If you machine it, stamp it, bend it, roll it, shear it, forge it, or cast it, chances are you’re selling more of it, and earning more profit doing so, versus last year. Such
Read more →Motivated Buyers Enliven Texas ACG Capital Connection Conference
By Brent Earles on March 3, 2011 / M & A Today / Leave a comment
Tags: ACG, Acquire a Company, Acquisition Merger, Acquisition Strategy, Acquisitions, Allegiance Capital Corporation, Association For Corporate Growth, Business Advisory Firms, Dallas Investment Banks, M&A, M&A Advisory Firms, M&A in Texas, Mergers And Acquisitions, Private Investment Bankers Dallas, Texas ACG Capital Connection
The ACG Capital Connection on Wednesday, March 2, had the feeling of Spring ushering in a new season of hope. Deal flow definitely is up. Investors are shopping to buy. Lenders are ready to finance good deals. The outlook for M&A is strong this year. The market
Read more →Tootie Pie Co. Looks at Growth Equity
By Daniel Vermeire on March 2, 2011 / M&A in Texas / Leave a comment
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Don Merrill is the President and CEO of Tootie Pie Company. They have grown the brand substantially in five years. Now, growth equity might make sense as they expand their footprint of retail cafes. Here’s Allegiance Capital’s Ryan Foley visiting with Don Merill about his interest in
Read more →Privately-funded EBSCO Comes to Texas to Connect
By Daniel Vermeire on March 2, 2011 / M&A in Texas / Leave a comment
Tags: ACG, Acquire a Company, Acquisition Merger, Acquisition Strategy, Acquisitions, Allegiance Capital Corporation, Association Of Corporate Growth, Business Advisory Firms, Business Valuation, Business Valuation Services, Buy Out Management, Buying And Selling A Business, Buying And Selling Businesses, Capital Strategy, Dallas Investment Banks, Exit Strategy, Family Business Consultation, Investment Bank, M&A, M&A Advisory Firms, Mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, Mezzanine Financing, Mid-Market, private equity, Private Equity Group, Private Investment Bankers Dallas, Private Investment Banking Firm, Private Investment Banking Illinois, Private Investment Banks, Private Investment Banks Chicago, Strategic Acquirer, TACC, Texas ACG Capital Connection, Texas Capital Connection, Texas Private Investment Banking, Venture Capital
EBSCO is a private, family fund with a portfolio of more than 40 businesses. Their model involves acquiring 100% of the equity in a business and providing strong incentives for the management team. Matt is at the TX ACG Capital Connection looking for opportunities in promotional products,
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