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Baby Boomers Selling a Small Business

September 8, 2020 By Tip of the Spear

Selling a Small Business – 5 Tips for Baby Boomers Approaching Retirement

The Point: As a small business owner, you pour your blood, sweat, and tears into your business! The day-in/day-out challenges associated with leading a business as it’s owner are supposed to be offset by the “golden” years of selling it and retiring. As the largest demographic in our society, the … [Read more...] about Selling a Small Business – 5 Tips for Baby Boomers Approaching Retirement

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, baby boomers, mergers, sam palazzolo, selling small business, small business

Mergers Acquisitions Slowing Down to Speed Up

July 28, 2020 By Sam Palazzolo, Managing Director

Mergers & Acquisitions: Slowing Down to Speed Up! Part 2

The Point: When it comes to Mergers & Acquisitions, speeding up isn’t the answer. In fact, I typically see that if those that lead M&A would simply slow down, they actually achieve their objectives more quickly! So how then do Mergers & Acquisitions leaders and their teams slow down for … [Read more...] about Mergers & Acquisitions: Slowing Down to Speed Up! Part 2

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, Due Diligence, mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions, sam palazzolo

Mergers Acquisitions_Slowing Down to Speed Up

July 28, 2020 By Sam Palazzolo, Managing Director

Mergers & Acquisitions: Slowing Down to Speed Up! Part 1

The Point: When it comes to Mergers & Acquisitions, speeding up isn’t the answer. In fact, I typically see that if those that lead M&A would simply slow down, they actually achieve their objectives faster! So how then do Mergers & Acquisitions leaders and their teams slow down for … [Read more...] about Mergers & Acquisitions: Slowing Down to Speed Up! Part 1

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, Due Diligence, mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions

New Rules of Mergers & Acquisitions 5 Tips

July 6, 2018 By Sam Palazzolo, Managing Director

M&A: The New Rules of Mergers & Acquisitions – 5 Tips!

The Point: As part of our Business Advisory Service for Sales/BizDev at Tip of the Spear Ventures, we’ve encountered a number of organizations that are considering selling/merging with another organization. As such, they’re great candidates for our M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) advisory … [Read more...] about M&A: The New Rules of Mergers & Acquisitions – 5 Tips!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, Leadership strategy, M&A, mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organization culture, sam palazzolo

Mergers & Acquisition Disruption for Exponential Growth 2 Tips

May 7, 2018 By Sam Palazzolo, Managing Director

Mergers & Acquisition Disruption for Exponential Growth: How Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods Upended Retailer’s Strategic Plan – 2 Tips!

The Point: When Amazon announced that they were buying Whole Foods for close to $14 billion, the stock price of Amazon rose to 2.4%. This stock price lift was reported by the news to add roughly $11 billion to Amazon’s market capitalization. At this same period, the stock price of Sprouts decreased … [Read more...] about Mergers & Acquisition Disruption for Exponential Growth: How Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods Upended Retailer’s Strategic Plan – 2 Tips!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, Amazon, innovation, mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions, sam palazzolo, strategic plan, Whole Foods

Mergers Acquisitions Problem Acquisitions 3 Tips

March 5, 2018 By Tip of the Spear

Mergers & Acquisitions: The Problem with Acquisitions – 3 Tips!

The Point: The usage of acquisitions to divert and reshape corporate strategy has never been more prevalent than in today’s new economy. Today, many leaders prefer purchasing a company as a way of creating easy access to products, technology, markets, management talent, or assets as less risky and … [Read more...] about Mergers & Acquisitions: The Problem with Acquisitions – 3 Tips!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, corporate strategy, mergers, problem with acquisitions, sam palazzolo, tip of the spear ventures

Business for Sale_Mergers and Acquisitions

February 22, 2018 By Tip of the Spear

Business For Sale?

With the continued expansion of the economy, there's no time like the present for would-be entrepreneurs to consider launching a business (Especially when you consider the recent tax and regulatory reform). Tip of the Spear Ventures' Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Business Advisory Service was … [Read more...] about Business For Sale?

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: acquisitions, business advisory services, buy-side, M&A, mergers, sell-side, tip of the spear, tip of the spear ventures

Mergers & Acquisitions - Six Diversification Questions

August 9, 2017 By Sam Palazzolo, Managing Director

Mergers & Acquisitions – Six Diversification Questions

The Point: A standout amongst the most difficult decision an organization can face is whether to expand/diversify - rewards and dangers can be exceptional. There have been examples of success stories, and more similarly, numerous stories of infamous and exorbitant failures. What makes expansion such … [Read more...] about Mergers & Acquisitions – Six Diversification Questions

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: acquisitions, diversification, diversification questions, diversifying, leadership, mergers, new market, sam palazzolo, strategic assets

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