We are reaching out to middle market senior executives who are personally responsible for planning the strategic direction of their company. We aim to better understand the goals and challenges of growing successful companies in order to paint an accurate picture of the middle market landscape.

Our goal is twofold:

1.     Bring together communities of individuals that are working towards similar goals and struggling with similar challenges to discuss the trends we uncover, share knowledge, and spread best practices.

2.     Track the information over time to create a middle market merger and acquisition index and provide the index to executives that participate in the study.

This information will ensure executives have the most up to date trends in the M&A environment for their industry. To ensure that we invite the right people to relevant discussions, we are mapping a network of the relationships that exist around planning a company’s strategic direction. This will allow us to record and map whose advice and opinions are most frequently sought around this topic.

How did you get my name?

Our research partner provided us with a list of Middle Market Business Executives.

How do you define middle market?

For the purposes of this study, we define “middle market” as businesses with revenue ranges of $10 - $500 Million.

What is the purpose of demographic questions?

We need to collect demographic information to analyze and segment the data. This information is necessary to make accurate comparisons within and across industries.

Who is your research partner?

In order to ensure the data we collect is not biased, we are unable to share the name of our research partners.

Can I receive a copy of the results?

We are providing study participants with a copy of the results which will help executives make informed decisions about their growth & exit strategies, as well as better understand the trends of Middle Market businesses.

What is the value of this study’s results?

The results will be a valuable tool for middle market senior executives to inform decisions about your company’s growth and exit strategies based on the key issues in the market

For example, if you’re making a decision about the exit strategy of your plumbing business and our results indicate that 30% of plumbing businesses in your region are going to sell their company in the next 3 years, then this is might be an indicator to postpone the exit

When will I receive my copy of the results?

The research is broken down into a couple of different segments but we’d like to send you preliminary results within the next 3-4 months. It’ll take 10 months to complete our research in its entirety, so the full results report won’t be available for about a year.

             Rudy Dinglas

             Eva Ivanova

             Ivy Lee

             Tom Wheeler