• Bluekey Business Brokerage, M&A

  • Here's the novel idea - asking readers what they'd like to read about. So ... :

    what would you like to see in this blog?

    tportante 'at' bluekeybma 'dot' com

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  • There are over 5,500,000 businesses in the United States (with a least one employee). At any given point in time approximately 20% of these businesses are for sale. That's over 1,000,000 companies on the market right now!

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  • Demographic fact: As Baby Boomers age, we see (1) some long-time business owners considering retirement (2) Boomers with discretionary funds willing to buy on-going ventures. ||||| ______________

It may not be Business As Usual … for a while

Posted on 10/18/08 by tomportante

For a very long time one of my consulting specialties had to do with helping companies plan for turbulent times.  We *used* to think we knew what turbulence was…  While the specific methods could get us bogged down in really silly-sounding ‘consultant speak,’ one of the most important things we argued was that the future [...]

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