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Confidentiality
How to Ensure Confidentiality During your SaleWho reacts when a sale leaks, why selling on your own raises the risk, and the steps that keep your company's identity protected.
Selling a business
Can You Understand Your Buyer’s Key Motivations?What strategic, private equity and individual buyers each want from your company, and how to use that to shape your pitch and your terms.
Firm news
MDR & Associates closes a small niche pet manufacturing business in under 90 days from engagementMDR & Associates completes transaction of local small niche pet manufacturing business in Forney, Texas. Led by the MDR & Associates CEO, Michael
Buying a business
What is EBITDA and Why is it Relevant to You?What EBITDA measures, why buyers price companies on it, what it leaves out, and how it affects you whether you are buying or selling.
Buying a business
5 Tips for Buyers of International BusinessesFive practical tips for the deal itself when you buy a business abroad: ownership rules, local diligence, currency, enforceable terms and cost.
Buying a business
5 Reasons Buying a Business is Preferable to Starting a New OneWhy buying an established company is often a safer route to ownership than starting one, and what the premium for that head start buys you.
Buying a business
Family-Owned Business Exit Options: From Family Transfer to Outside SaleThe main exit routes for a family-owned company, how each trades cash, control and risk, and when an outside sale fits best.
Buying a business
Who Is Today's Business Buyer, and How Do Sellers Qualify You?Who competes to buy established companies, what sellers look for in a serious buyer, and how to present yourself before asking for details.
Buying a business
Why Deals Fall Apart — Loss of MomentumHow to spot a deal losing momentum, why it usually comes down to cold feet rather than price, and what to do the moment the signs appear.
Dallas–Fort Worth
MDR & Associates competes transaction of North Dallas landscaping companyMDR & Associates signs engagement with local landscaping company, sources qualified buyer and finalizes transaction in under 60 days. CEO &
Firm news
MDR & Associates finalizes contract with Salem communications to begin marketing on local live radioMDR & Associates begun negotiating with Salem Communications on hosting live, local radio content as the local M & A Expert. CEO, Michael Rubin
Firm news
MDR & Associates closes 10 transactions in 2015MDR & Associates ends the year with 12 unique transactions closed for the calendar year. The newest addition to the team is VP of Sales, Talon Kuhns.