Before Brian O’Connell founded Denver-based Renegade Brewing in 2011, he had a good job in stats analysis at the University of Colorado. He liked the people. “But I just wasn’t excited to go to work. I was spending all my free time on beer — making it, reading about it, going to home brew clubs.” ...

via GIPHY The M&A market as a whole remains white hot and the lower middle market is no exception. Sellers are undoubtedly benefiting from today’s strong market conditions. “The market is as robust as it’s ever been. We are seeing high valuations. Average purchase price multiples are at at an ...

Family offices are the hot new buyers in the lower middle market, but involving them in a deal process is not without headaches. “Many of them will indicate they want deal flow, but when we call them about a deal they’re not very responsive,” says James Cassel, chairman and co-founder of Miami-based ...