Market Insights

  1. Founders Advises LeadsOnline on its Strategic Growth Investment from TA Associates

    BIRMINGHAM, AL (May 25, 2022) – Founders is pleased to announce that LeadsOnline, LLC has received a strategic growth investment from TA Associates. Founded in 2000, LeadsOnline is a nationwide provider of data, technology and intelligence software tools used by law enforcement agencies, investigators, and businesses. The company’s unique dataset and highly scalable SaaS platform…

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  2. Founders Host Multi-Unit Summit

    Founders recently hosted its Multi-Unit Summit at The Henderson Beach Resort & Spa on the Emerald Coast in Florida. The Founders team, alongside co-hosts Butler Snow, LandrumHR, Paragon HM Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley, Retail Strategies, and Warren Averett, welcomed top CEOs and leaders in the multi-unit community to network, enjoy Southern hospitality and…

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  3. Deferred Revenue

    By: Billy Pritchard What is Deferred Revenue? If a software company offers its customers the ability to prepay on longer-term contracts, Deferred Revenue becomes an important consideration during the transaction process.  Generally, a prepayment from the customer creates a future liability for that company to service the customer over the life or term of the…

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  4. The Highest Offer Doesn’t Always Seal the Deal with Founders

    By: Wesley Legg Cash is king; however, the highest offer doesn’t always seal the deal. This is especially the case when the seller is a founder-based company, i.e., the seller is the founder or an heir of the founder. Most founders, of course, want to maximize value, but that is generally not their sole focus,…

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  5. When Selling a Business, Size Matters

    By: Zane Tarence Companies are generally valued based on their risk adjusted future cash flows. Therefore as cash flows increase (bottom line), the value of the company increases. Normally companies are valued as a multiple of this bottom line, EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). If a company generates $10mm in EBITDA and…

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