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Individual Investors Acquire Wayland, MI-based Gun Lake Rentals, LLC
July 2016 – Calder Capital, LLC is very pleased to announce the successful sale of Gun Lake Rentals, LLC of Wayland (Barry County), Michigan to individual investors, Arya and Austin Khoshnegah. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003 by Alex Cazala, Gun Lake Rentals quickly grew from simply renting boats and…
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National Coatings, Inc. Acquired by Color Masters Painting
Calder Capital, LLC is very pleased to announce the successful sale of National Coatings, Inc, a Traverse City, MI-based company. National Coatings was acquired by Zeb Hadley, Owner and Founder of Color Masters Painting of Raleigh, North Carolina. Hadley closed on the sale of National Coatings, Inc. in mid-May. Established in 1996, National Coatings became respected…
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National Coatings, Inc. Acquired by Color Masters Painting
Calder Capital, LLC is very pleased to announce the successful sale of National Coatings, Inc, a Traverse City, MI-based company. National Coatings was acquired by Zeb Hadley, Owner and Founder of Color Masters Painting of Raleigh, North Carolina. Hadley closed on the sale of National Coatings, Inc. in mid-May. Established in 1996, National Coatings became respected…
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Why You Couldn’t Sell Your Business Yourself
Many small business owners are self starters and have tolerance for risk as well as a natural optimism, so when they decide they are ready to transition out of the ownership role in the business they created, they try to sell them themselves. And they fail. Their businesses linger on the market, or they receive…
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Grand Rapids-Based Award Window Cleaning Acquires Blue Sky Window Cleaners
Calder Capital is pleased to announce the successful sale of Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC, to Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc. Mark Reinhart, President & CEO of Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc, headquartered in Grand Rapids, presided over the sale of Grand Rapids-based Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC in early May 2016. West Michigan native…
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Grand Rapids-Based Award Window Cleaning Acquires Blue Sky Window Cleaners
Calder Capital is pleased to announce the successful sale of Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC, to Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc. Mark Reinhart, President & CEO of Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc, headquartered in Grand Rapids, presided over the sale of Grand Rapids-based Blue Sky Window Cleaners, LLC in early May 2016. West Michigan native…
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Fritax Accounting of Grand Rapids, MI acquired by Capstone CPA Group
Calder Capital, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Grand Rapids, MI-based Fritax Accounting to Capstone CPA Group. Fritax Accounting is a small, west Michigan tax practice owned and operated by Steve Friar. For many years, Steve personally prepared individual and business tax returns for many owners and individuals across West Michigan. Steve was…
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What Differentiates “Introducers” from M&A Advisors?
Sadly, the average business broker (the “introducer”) has an abysmal closing success rate of less than 10%. How is this possible, you may ask? It’s possible because typical business brokers do not take the time to do three critical things: Understand their client’s business and the opportunities that it provides for potential buyers; Prepare comprehensive…
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Impres Engineering Services, LLC Acquired by Blue Star Automation
Calder Capital is pleased to announce the sale of Impres Engineering Services, LLC, an established Holland, Michigan-based 5-axis CNC machining manufacturer, to Blue Star Automation. Calder Capital acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Impres Engineering Services, LLC. Established 21 years ago, Impres Engineering Services, LLC is a market leader in fast turnaround 2 through…
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Impres Engineering Services, LLC Acquired by Blue Star Automation
Calder Capital is pleased to announce the sale of Impres Engineering Services, LLC, an established Holland, Michigan-based 5-axis CNC machining manufacturer, to Blue Star Automation. Calder Capital acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Impres Engineering Services, LLC. Established 21 years ago, Impres Engineering Services, LLC is a market leader in fast turnaround 2 through…
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Why Aren’t Baby Boomers Flooding the Business Market Yet?
Although both 2014 and 2015 were both great years for the small business market, with median sale prices rising over time, we have yet to see the tsunami of small businesses for sale that experts predicted just a few years ago. In fact, some people have begun to wonder if the market has plateaued or…
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First Predictions about the 2016 Market for Businesses
High fourth-quarter mergers and acquisitions activity in 2015 has many analysts expecting a robust year for M&A in 2016. Globally, the industrial sectors that are showing the most activity are: Technology, media and telecoms Pharmaceuticals, med, and biotech Energy, mining, and utilities Last year, M&A hit a record $3.8 trillion worldwide. Of course, a large…
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Has the Market for Businesses Plateaued or Even Peaked?
After the considerable success business owners have had in finding buyers for their businesses in 2015, the question that’s being floated is: Can this last? In analyzing all sales of small businesses in 2015, BizBuySell determined that the number of completed sales had decreased slightly from 2014, going from 7,494 in 2014 to 7,222 in…
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Business Is Booming – Should You Sell Now?
It can be difficult to know when the right time to sell your business might be. For a business owner with a company that is in good shape financially, this will always be a matter of guesswork. You have to compare the known (your company’s past and present performance) with the unknown (your company’s future…
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Baumann Tool & Die of Zeeland, Michigan, Acquired by Individual Buyer Mark Brown
Calder Capital, LLC is pleased to announce the successful sale of Baumann Tool & Die of Zeeland, MI, by individual investor Mark Brown. Founded in 1980 by brothers Les & Dave Baumann, Baumann Tool & Die, LLC is a well-established, growing CNC manufacturing company specializing in injection mold building, low-volume production work and general repair and…
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Baumann Tool & Die of Zeeland, Michigan, Acquired by Individual Buyer Mark Brown
Calder Capital, LLC is pleased to announce the successful sale of Baumann Tool & Die of Zeeland, MI, by individual investor Mark Brown. Founded in 1980 by brothers Les & Dave Baumann, Baumann Tool & Die, LLC is a well-established, growing CNC manufacturing company specializing in injection mold building, low-volume production work and general repair and…
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Your Business and Your Retirement
It’s no secret that, from a financial perspective, these last ten years have been “interesting times” to live in both in the United States and worldwide. The financial markets have been less predictable than during earlier, more stable times, the economy took a plunge and then recovered somewhat, and the restructured business climate with its…
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D&J Precision Machining Acquisition Highlights Recent Trends
Calder Capital is very pleased to have brokered the deal that allowed manufacturing executive Mark Allen to find the right business opportunity to invest his talents and capital into: D&J Precision Machining. xx MiBiz writer John Wiegand discussed this transaction and how it is indicative of the current business market in his piece, “New owner seeks…
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Max Friar Interviewed on the Smitten! Podcast
Do you have questions about what Calder Capital is about or what exactly we do for our clients? Check out Max Friar’s interview with Tami Parks for The Small Business Life about the process buying and selling a small business. Smitten! is “a podcast for those of us smitten with the entrepreneurial spirit” about business, family, and…
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Mergers & Acquisitions 2015: Looking Back and Looking Forward
We’ve discussed before what the state of the market is for buying and selling businesses. Earlier in the year it was record-breaking fantastic, and buyers and sellers both have confidence that this trend will continue, and specifically that sellers will continue to have opportunities into next year. But what has 2015 as a whole been…