By: Wesley Legg, Jack Houtz, and Scott David United States COVID-19 Daily Cases Still ClimbingU.S. daily cases continue to climb as we expected. As stated in our March 25th report, we hope to see daily cases peak and flatten sometime next week (between March 30th and April 6th). U.S. daily test results are giving us…
By: Wesley Legg, Jack Houtz, and Scott David Like most of you, we at Founders are working to get our hands around how long the COVID-19 public health emergency might last. This is an unprecedented event in the era of globalization; thus no one can know how it might play out. That said we are…
By: Nathan Kelly On Wednesday, May 31st, the U.S. Senate met to discuss the childcare industry. For our relationships in the early childhood education industry, we took away several key points on the hearing, and noted a round-up of how industry groups reacted: Full Committee Hearing: “Today, the care workforce at large represents millions of…
Founders Advisors announces that Duane Donner has been named the winner of Birmingham’s 2021 Vistage Leadership Award. With wisdom gleaned throughout his career, Duane provided admirable leadership through the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on effective communication and a clear vision. He helped his company adopt a “we’re in it together” attitude that kept the business running…
By: Neal England Human Capital Management Segment Overview: Human Capital Management M&A activity remained robust in Q3, with a high volume of deal flowsupported by continued economic recovery. While the economy remains strong, scarce labor caused by a widespread trend of workers leavingtheir jobs, 4.4 million leaving their jobs in September up from 4.3 million…
Global M&A continued at a record-setting pace in Q3, fueled by cheap financing, high stock prices and corporate balance sheets flush with cash. Through the first three quarters of 2021, over 27,000 deals have been completed for a combined $3.4 trillion. Accelerating digitization, evolving consumer preferences, supply chain disruptions, and a trend towards vertical integration…