Lake Country Advisors

MAY 9, 2025

A clear sense of your company’s market position shapes your negotiation tactics and marketing campaigns since buyers typically seek stable revenue, consistent profits, and a clear growth strategy. Streamlining key processes can make your company more appealing and boost profitability. Others opt for a clean break.

Middle Market

Lake Country Advisors

JULY 17, 2025

A strategic exit that reflects long-term value: Add-on buyers usually aren’t just buying profits, they’re buying fit. Arrange a free, confidential consultation today and discover if an add‑on exit aligns with your goals. Sellers continue to excel at what they do, now with added backing and bandwidth.

Acquisitions

Lake Country Advisors

JUNE 11, 2025

What your company does, how it earns revenue, and the type of assets or obligations it holds will influence which deal format is more practical and more profitable. Schedule a free, confidential consultation today and start building a sale that’s aligned with your goals and ready for your next chapter.

Sale

Lake Country Advisors

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Buying into a business as a partner offers ownership and profit potential but also comes with risks. It grants you partial ownership, decision-making power, and a share of profits, but it also comes with substantial responsibilities. Evaluating a business thoroughly before making this decision is critical.

Business

Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Better transition roles for moving into IB/PE/related fields are corporate banking , Big 4 TS/TAS/valuation , credit analysis , or even commercial real estate or management consulting. What Are Corporate Finance Jobs? Anything that involves working with clients or working on deals is better than corporate finance in most cases.

Corporate Finance

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 9, 2025

Private Equity Continues Push Into Professional Services There was a time in the not too distant past when private equity investors eschewed investments in accounting and consulting firms. With these highly sought after characteristics, it’s no wonder that private equity investors have taken note.

Professional Services

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 1, 2025

In this month’s issue we discuss: Takeover Panel consultation and new practice statements The proposed amendments to the Takeover Code clarify how the mandatory offer requirements apply to a company with a dual class share structure when a shareholder’s percentage of voting is increased on certain trigger events.

Corporation

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 16, 2025

As it stands, tariffs will destroy small and mid-sized businesses dependent on foreign production/sourcing while only making a minor dent in Apples profits. Restructuring bankers and consultants because they will have a lot of failed companies to advise very soon. How Do Tariffs Affect Deals and Deal Activity?

Valuation

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 4, 2025

You know one’s through new products and services or in in kind of I guess adding locations and then another way is through buying those profits or buying those new products and services or buying those new customers. Are you just looking at the financial profitability of the company, so the EBITDA? How do you think about that?

Acquisitions

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 9, 2025

CrowdStrike reported Tuesday where revenue inline with estimates and a better-than-expected profit, but guidance that was below expectations. The trade ahead of CPI and PPI Jimmy Lee of Wealth Consulting group sees inflation improving and growing opportunities in interest rate sensitive cyclicals and small caps.

Trading

How2Exit

JUNE 9, 2025

Today, he helps over 110 small businesses reach profitability through consulting, marketing, and strategic advisory. Understanding lead cost, client lifetime value, and profitability changes everything. Profit beats revenue—every time. “Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity.” Know your numbers.

Profitability

CNBC: Investing

JULY 22, 2025

If you're not sure how to answer those questions, please consult a financial advisor. Some profit taking before the real heart of earnings season after a historic 40% run in less than four months seems reasonable and relevant to our shorter-term managed model Active Opps. You have to decide what best meets your objectives.

Investment

Razorpay

JULY 27, 2025

Optimised Exchange Rate Management Hedge Against Volatility: Currency fluctuations can eat into your profits. Better Exchange Rates: By holding foreign currency, you can wait to convert it to INR only when the exchange rate is favourable, protecting your profits from currency fluctuations.

Accountant

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 27, 2025

With a 24-year legacy of delivering high-value financial advisory solutions, GlassRatner has built a reputation for excellence in Restructuring, Turnaround Management & Bankruptcy Consulting; Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support; and Transaction Support Services—such as Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings Reviews.

Advisory

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 10, 2025

Any good consultant will tell you the best ideas are the ones that come from the people that are working in the process. There’s some simple math that I can share with you, but basically it’s taking the the total cost of the person divided by the 100% minus the gross profit goal. The best way to do that is to sit down.

M&A

Lake Country Advisors

JULY 31, 2025

For small and mid-sized business owners, it can mean the difference between a rushed sale and a well-timed, profitable transition. It’s about preparing your business, both strategically and emotionally, for a smooth and profitable transition. Consulting with a tax advisor and attorney helps you avoid unexpected consequences later.

Business

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 7, 2025

By adjusting labor rates and responding rapidly to cost increases, he has helped transform underperforming stores into profitable ones. Tomarchio consults for private equity firms and dealers seeking exponential growth or strategic exits.

Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 24, 2025

And then speaking to other shop operators on the, the new things that they’re seeing in their shops on how they operate to increase profit and, and, or you know, how they’re looking at handling vehicles that for example, the EVs, all the little tricks that you can find there to increase some efficiencies and operate more safe.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2025

Then of course they’re managing the company’s expectations of profitability. I would say over the last five years, I’ve spent over $1,000,000 on leadership training, whether it’s seminars, coaching, consulting. Chandler Kohn: And so you’re motivating them with performance based compensation.

Management

GillAgency

JULY 15, 2025

Established in 2022, this Florida-based consultancy sits at the intersection of two booming industries: data privacy and AI compliance. With 2024 gross revenue of $938,093 and EBITDA of $864,743, it operates at an exceptional 90%+ profit margin.

Consulting

OfficeHours

JUNE 5, 2023

Private equity consulting firms play a crucial role in the success of portfolio companies by providing specialized expertise and strategic guidance. Private equity consulting firms go beyond traditional advisory services by providing value-added services to their clients.

Private Equity

Midaxo

APRIL 25, 2023

Introduction This article showcases how ChatGPT can serve as an effective M&A consultant by demonstrating how it can be used to help develop a best practices-based M&A playbook. Developing an M&A playbook is typically a challenging and time-consuming task, regardless of whether it is done internally or with consultants.

M&A

Sun Acquisitions

MARCH 8, 2022

Sun Acquisitions is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a profitable residential landscaping business, American Lawn & Landscape Co. If you are interested in buying or selling a business, contact us at marketing@sunacquisitions.com to schedule a free consultation with our team.

Profitability

Deal Lawyers

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In recent years, achieving synergies associated with a target’s ESG strengths to enhance the combined company’s revenues and profitability has become an increasingly important part of many M&A transactions. This Boston Consulting Group memo provides some insights into best practices for achieving ESG-related synergies.

M&A

Benchmark International

JUNE 1, 2023

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the acquisition of rc - research & consulting by management consult. Founded in 2002, rc - research & consulting, based in Bielefeld, Germany, is a well-known full-service market research institute.

Consulting

Truelytics: M&A

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

At the time financial advisors, RIAs, and broker-dealers relied exclusively on expensive consultants to measure a business's performance and valuation. Are you helping them grow their business, become more profitable, or prepare for transitions? Partner With Truelytics: Do you work with RIAs and independent financial advisors?

Consulting

Francine Way

JULY 7, 2017

Potential targets should offer additional profit, new customers, new markets, new products for offering diversification, new technical capabilities, or other value that improve the acquirer’s current standing. Consultants’ broad market coverage or industry expertise. Consultants’ control over the acquirer’s reputation as a buyer.

M&A

The Deal

JULY 20, 2023

On the latest episode of The Deal’s Behind the Buyouts podcast, Solomon Partners managing director Connor Mitchell dives into the world of staffing and consulting M&A, which saw record transaction volumes and valuations last year.

Consulting

How2Exit

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

He has a background in corporate finance and management consulting, and has successfully completed over 30 acquisitions in the security industry. He discusses his background in corporate finance and management consulting, and how he got started in the security industry.

M&A

Peak Frameworks

MAY 17, 2023

Why COGS is Important Understanding COGS is crucial for several reasons: Impact on Profitability and Margins COGS directly affects a company's gross profit , which is calculated by subtracting COGS from revenue. A lower COGS means a higher gross profit margin, which indicates better profitability.

Profitability

Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This includes the employees’ assigned implementation, consulting, data migration, and training duties. Cost of Goods Sold Example As an example, revenue minus COGS is gross profit. If a company has $10M of revenue and $2M of COGS, the gross profit is $8M. The gross profit margin is 80%. Gross profit would be $16M.

Profitability

How2Exit

MARCH 24, 2023

He realized that if he could buy enough companies, he could exit several of them a year and receive a large amount of profit in one go. They can help them with things such as accounting, profit and loss statements, and other financial documents. Equity in exchange for value is a great way for both consultants and businesses to benefit.

M&A

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 15, 2024

Private Equity Value Creation Definition: The PE value creation team, also known as the operations, portfolio operations, or portfolio resources team, aims to make private equity firms’ portfolio companies more valuable by improving their revenue and profit margins.

Private Equity

How2Exit

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

rn About The Guest(s): Michael Byars is an expert in buying profitable businesses with little to no money down. With his extensive experience in buying and scaling businesses, Michael now shares his knowledge through coaching and consulting. He has purchased over a dozen companies with more than $140 million in annual revenue.

Management

How2Exit

APRIL 29, 2024

In her conversation with Ronald Skelton, Tina unveiled vital strategies pertaining to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and shared her transition towards consulting with an equity-focused lens. rn "Creating a business with an exit in mind lays the foundation for not just a strong present, but a profitable future," Tina offers.

M&A

How2Exit

MARCH 21, 2023

This will give potential buyers a better understanding of the true profitability of the business and help them make an informed decision. Concept 2: Know True Profit Before Sale When conducting due diligence, it is important to know the true profit of the business before making any decisions.

Business

Tyton Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

Our team here at Tyton Partners was out in force at this year’s ASU+GSV conference, with almost 30 of our strategy consultants and investment bankers on-site in San Diego.

Education