Market Insights

  1. Does Your Company Have A Moat?

    By: Wesley Legg, COO, Founder Investment Banking Moats are often water filled ditches around castles and other fortified structures creating obstacles for would be attackers. Moats make it difficult for those wanting to siege the protected structure, both thwarting attacks from the ground and preventing the practice of mining, digging tunnels under the castle to…

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  2. SmarterServices Completes Majority Recapitalization with Main Line Equity Partners

    Birmingham, Ala. (May 12, 2015) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC (“Founders”) is pleased to announce that SmarterServices, LLC has completed a majority recapitalization with Main Line Equity Partners (“Main Line”), a Philadelphia-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market software and technology-enabled companies. SmarterServices is an education technology company based in Alabama that…

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  3. Understanding The M&A Process

    By Duane P. Donner II The steps to selling a middle market company (companies with $10m to $500m in revenue) are generally not that well known.  Yet, there is a proven methodology that, when followed, increases the likelihood of a company obtaining a premium value and getting a deal done. Owners of companies typically see their…

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  4. Founders 12th Annual Crawfish Boil

    Founders 12th Annual Crawfish Boil was held at the Birmingham Zoo on Thursday, April 16, 2015. Life was good as our family, friends and clients danced to the music of Terry and the Zydeco Bad Boys. The crawfish were big with just the right amount of spice. Let us add the perfect spice to kick up your…

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