Sell My Green Business

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is proposing increases in the size definitions for three broad commercial sectors. The proposed increases cover size standards for 71 different types of businesses, two-thirds of them in retail trade sectors. The rest are in accommodations and food services, and other services. [...]

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Although attendance data has been released for GIE+Expo 2009, the release focused only on the bright spots (something I am occasionally accused of!  A simple comparison with the information for 2008 shows overall attendance dipped from approximately 19,500 to 16,500 this year, a nearly 15% drop.  However, I would call that a good performance given [...]

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LOUISVILLE, KY – It’s been a tough year for many in the industry, but GIE+EXPO 2009 showed few traces of the economic downturn during Halloween weekend in Louisville, Ky., October 29-31. With nearly 16,600 participants for an all-inclusive event, dealer/retailer registrations were up 2 percent from 2008 with nearly 5,400.  About 6,300 lawn and landscape pros [...]

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We recently returned from three days at The Professional Landcare Network’s Green Industry Conference held in in Louisville during the giant Green Industry Expo+ The three days were filled with meetings, making new acquaintances and renewing old ones.
Although trade show participation was no doubt down, the overall mood seemed to me to be upbeat.  We [...]

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BizBuySell.com — a large internet business sale marketplace — recently released its report on business sale activty for the third quarter of 2009. The report suggests that the state of the small business economy is finally beginning to improve.
The report shows a 24% year-over-year drop in closed small business transactions. While still lagging behind year-ago [...]

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Selling your business is always a difficult decision and the process can be long and complicated. This process can be especially difficult for smaller businesses. These deals are often seen as “too small to be worth anything” to many buyers and credit is available to very few local buyers who can see the value in [...]

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Considerable focus has been given to the role of private equity in the green industry.  Its impact may be somewhat over-emphasized, but with several industry leaders controlled by private equity and other private equity-backed initiatives either underway or in the planning stages, it is worth considering what private equity is all about.
In general, in order [...]

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The state of the capital markets is a very significant factor impacting merger and acquisition activity.  A recently-published academic study of private capital markets provides insight into current conditions.
Pepperdine University’s Graziado School of Business and Management conducts a semiannual survey of conditions in private capital markets.  The most recent report gives insights into the [...]

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Business-for-sale transactions begin to increase after hitting bottom in recent months
San Francisco, CA – October 6, 2009 – BizBuySell.com — the Internet’s largest marketplace for buying or selling a small business — today released economic data for the third quarter of 2009. After multiple quarters of declining business-for-sale transactions, the new numbers suggest that [...]

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