This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Founders team invested in the local community by working at Barrett Elementary School to improve the facilities for the children who attend. Barrett Elementary is a pre-K through 5th grade school with over 500 students on the outskirts of downtown Birmingham. A bi-annual tradition, Founders staff spends one…
By: Chris Weingartner Most owners of Managed Service Providers, at some point, will consider selling all or part of their company. Whether the transaction is prompted by a desire to retire, pursue other career objectives, or simply take advantage of a robust market for MSP acquisitions, there are some basic preparations that owners can take…
ATLANTA, Georgia (January 13, 2023) – Luxury Destination Specialist and Hotel Marketing Company, Celebrated Experiences, has announced a partnership with Snowdon Partners, a private investing firm based in Montreal, Canada. Snowdon Partners is the direct investing arm of Sweet Park Capital, the family office for businessman Aldo Bensadoun, founder of Aldo Group. This partnership further…
At the beginning of each new year, the Founders team comes together at the Birmingham headquarters to reflect on the prior year and look forward to the one ahead. After gathering for a big team breakfast, the firm took time to revisit our goals from the beginning of 2022 and recognize the achievements of the…
Amidst continuing consolidation in the industry, many owners of Managed Service Providers and other IT Services companies are assessing whether the time is right for them to take some chips off the table and consider undertaking a transaction. Given the years of effort and energy it took to grow their company to a transaction-ready size,…
While strong by historical standards, the M&A market has slowed significantly from a record pace last year. Below are outlined the key factors causing this decrease in M&A activity over the past year. Market Anticipation of a Recession The tenor of the market has become defensive as the economy slows If the economy is, in…