Merger and Acquisition News

For founders, selling a business is rarely just about valuation—it’s about identity. This personal reflection explores why letting go can be the first step toward a fulfilling next chapter.

Find IT businesses for sale in the lower middle market with September's DealsDirect edition. Explore blind profiles of MSP, Microsoft Cloud, IT services, digital marketing, and more IT businesses for sale, submit an NDA to unlock full details, and try IT ExchangeNet's new free valuation calculator.

Before signing an LOI, ask the buyer for references from three former owners and call them. Learn whether the closing price held, earnouts paid, employee commitments were honored, and autonomy remained. Their experience reveals the buyer’s true behavior long before diligence exposes costly surprises.

Browse IT companies for sale in the lower middle market with this month's DealsDirect. Explore blind profiles of MSP, Microsoft Cloud, IT services, and digital marketing businesses for sale, submit an NDA to unlock full details, and try IT ExchangeNet's new free valuation calculator.

IT ExchangeNet helps owners of US-based digital marketing agencies connect with qualified, motivated buyers through a targeted confidential sell-side process. Our team focuses on lower-middle market agencies and understands how to translate your metrics, client mix, and service capabilities into compelling buyer demand.

TrellisPoint, a Cleveland-based Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and Azure consultancy, has been acquired by Univerus. TrellisPoint was advised by IT ExchangeNet.

Selling your company is all about timing. Lionel Messi’s late-career brilliance offers a lesson for founders: the best exits come from patience, positioning, and the confidence to act when the moment is right. They do not come from chasing the first offer or waiting too long. Learn how experience, discipline, and a clear read of the field can help you recognize the right time to make your move.

When one client drives 20%+ of revenue, buyers see a single point of failure.

Browse IT companies for sale in the lower middle market with this month's DealsDirect. Explore blind profiles of MSP, Microsoft Cloud, IT services, and digital marketing businesses for sale, submit an NDA to unlock full details, and try IT ExchangeNet's new free valuation calculator.

The July Microsoft 365 pricing and packaging changes aren't just a cost story. For Microsoft Partners planning a sale, they signal how buyers will judge your operational discipline, Copilot attach rate, and recurring-revenue quality. Here's what actually moves valuation.