Dave Kauppi
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Dave Kauppi is the editor of The Exit Strategist Newsletter, a Merger and Acquisition Advisor and Managing Partner of MidMarket Capital Advisors, LLC. MMCA is a private investment banking and business broker firm specializing in providing corporate finance and business intermediary services to entrepreneurs and middle market corporate clients in a variety of industries. The firm counsels clients in the areas of M&A and divestiture, family business succession planning, valuations, “Smart Equity Capital Raises”, business sales and business acquisition. Dave graduated from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance. He received an MBA with a concentration in marketing from DePaul University. Dave is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI), a licensed business broker, Series 63 and a member of IBBA (International Business Brokers Association) and the MBBI (Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries). Contact Dave Kauppi at (630) 325-0123, email davekauppi@midmarkcap.com or visit our Web page http://www.midmarkcap.com/
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This article discusses how VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) provides an all IP network superior in delivering Mobile Broadband. Currently most providers are moving to an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core that will obsolete the current voice centric networks. In most cases these carriers are in transition and are providing voice over one network and data over a second.
A business owner client that is selling her business handed me a letter she received from a competitor telling her that he had a buyer for her business. This article explores this unfortunate bad practice in the business broker industry.
In today's environment the methods that middle market M&A firms used to complete business sale transactions no longer work. This article discusses the new approach necessary to get the visibility necessary to complete the sale of a privately held business.
If you sell your business, your accountant loses you as an account. They are negatively incented to even broach the subject of selling your business. This position of denial by your accountant may interfere with the planning necessary to get you the best results when you exit your business. This article explores this issue.
Too often a business owner does not properly execute his business exit or business sale. This article explores how the business owner might be able to achieve much better results just by changing his attitude and his preparation.
The biggest single factor in how much a business seller realizes from the sale of his business is how much tax he pays. The tax burden is especially punishing for an asset sale of a C Corporation. This article discusses and the importance of planning for the tax issues in a business sale . We also introduce a creative new strategy to minimize and delay taxes in an asset sale of a C Corporation.
Because selling your C Corp in an asset sale creates such an unfavorable tax situation, this article explores some strategies you may employ to move the buyer to a stock sale.
Many business owners get approached by a single buyer with an unsolicited offer to buy the business. This article discusses the pitfalls of entertaining this single buyer and what to do to improve your odds of getting a fair outcome.
The sale of your business will be your largest financial transaction. As a business owner, you have benefited from the growth in the value of your business tax free. Unfortunately when you sell your business, it is time to pay up with capital gains taxes. This article discusses an approach that allows you to again defer your capital gains taxes, maximizing the returns from your business sale.
One of the most challenging aspects of selling a software company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market defy all logic. This article explores the key elements that drive software company valuation multiples.
