Grow Your Business Through Acquisitions
by Dave Godwin Over the last few years, organizations favor acquisitions to either merge ideologies or kill the competition and unite to take on bigger players. The $19 billion Whatsapp acquisition by social media giant, Facebook set the industry buzzing as to why Mark Zuckerberg paid such an unbelievable amount. Was it the growing popularity […]
Bad News in a Kind Way!
By Carl Grimes Selling or buying a business is intensely personal whether you are a buyer or seller. Having personally bought and sold numerous businesses and participated in over 800 business sales in my career as a Professional Business Intermediary, I know how downright scary it can be as you travel a trail never traveled […]
CBI Business Buyer E-News | March 2021 | Featured Businesses For Sale
March 2021 | Business Buyer Edition News & Updates SOLD! Pictured left to right, Sellers Pat and Dale Adams and Diana Hartfield, CBI Senior Intermediary Carol Gresham and Buyers Mike and Lauren Fields The sale of Adams Truss has successfully been facilitated by CBI and Senior Intermediary Carol Gresham. Adams Truss is a well-established Gentry […]
January 2021 | Business Buyer Edition | News & Updates
January 2021 | Business Buyer Edition SOLD – Hot Springs Health & Fitness Ask any athlete and they will tell you it takes time and hard work to get into “shape” for competition. The same is true for businesses according to Connor Grimes, owner of CBI Central Arkansas. The recent sale of Hot Springs Health & Fitness (www.hshf.net) […]
CBI Tulsa Has New Leadership
Jon Holbert and Dr. John Sherrill have acquired the well-established Confidential Business Intermediaries/CBI Team Tulsa office according to Carl E. Grimes, Chairman and Founder of CBI. Holbert is Managing Partner of CBI Northwest Arkansas and Tulsa, with over a decade of experience leading Teams and facilitating the sale of businesses. Holbert is a Certified […]
Avery, Sights & King Aquire CBI Fort Smith/River Valley
Avery, Sights & King Acquire CBI Fort Smith/River Valley Max Avery, Dennis Sights and Ryan King have acquired the rights for the CBI Fort Smith/River Valley office according to Carl E. Grimes, founder and chairman of Confidential Business Intermediaries/The CBI Team. The CBI office suite is located in Fort Smith’s Central Mall and the address is […]
What Was That!
Carl Grimes (Founder/Chairman) Blog: What was that! Oh, that was 2020 and we’re sure glad it’s in the rearview mirror and that we can look forward to 2021 and maybe start to a better roaring 20s. Or can we? One thing we know is that privately held businesses are going to face challenges in 2021. […]
10 Resolutions That Will Increase the Value of Your Company
By Dave Godwin Buh-Bye and good riddance to 2020! If your goal is to build a more valuable company in 2021, here are some New Year’s resolutions to consider: 1. Stop chasing revenue. A bigger company is not necessarily a more valuable one if the extra sales come from products and services that are too […]
Sold – Hot Springs Health & Fitness
Ask any athlete and they will tell you it takes time and hard work to get into “shape” for competition. The same is true for businesses according to Connor Grimes, owner of CBI Central Arkansas. The recent sale of Hot Springs Fitness Center demonstrates this very well says CBI Team Intermediary Tom Stanton, who represented […]