5 Aspects of Strong Goals and the Consequences of Missing Them

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Setting goals is a catalyst for success, especially if you’re planning for the future of your ownership and the success of your business. The strongest goals tend to have five aspects that help you guide the process for achieving them. In other words, when you set goals, you want to set SMART goals: Specific Measurable Accurate Realistic Time-limited  Let’s look …

Top 5 Reasons to Sell Your Business in 2021

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We’re seeing immense seller and investor activity in the marketplace and want to share our top 5 reasons why owners are selling their businesses in 2021. 5.  Low Interest Rates and Access to Capital As of the writing of this article, the US federal funds rate is at a 50-year low of 0.25%, which means it’s very inexpensive for investors …

Affinity Ventures Completes Another Trucking Company Transaction

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Affinity Ventures is pleased to announce the completed transaction of DATS Trucking, Inc. based in Hurricane, Utah. Affinity Ventures acted as the exclusive merger & acquisition advisor. The transaction closed on March 19, 2021. This is the third successful transportation/logistics company transaction that Affinity Ventures has completed in the last 16 months. DATS Trucking is a regional Less Than Truckload …

There’s More to Business Than Money: Values-Based Goals

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Successful business owners often want more than just the maximum amount of money they can get. These owners have deeply ingrained values-based goals that guide why and how they do business. But many of those same owners don’t apply an appropriate amount of weight to values-based goals until it’s too late to achieve them. Some owners neglect their values-based goals …