Donna Dailey M.Ed., LREB, SBA, BEC, CVA – Founder & CEO of ChildCareOwner.com, has over 28 years of childcare mergers and acquisition and real estate experience. Donna has been helping people buy, sell, and improve child care businesses since 1995.
As a business analyst, Donna has helped hundreds of childcare owners improve their childcare business’s profitability, financial health, and value.
Donna focuses on creating more ChildCareOwner.com resources and training programs that support the creation of more independent childcare business success stories. And the continued growth of the specialized childcare advisory services available through ChildCareOwner.com
As a childcare business owner, one of the most important numbers you can understand is your childcare business’s break-even point—enrollment break-even, gross revenue break-even, and classroom break-even. The “Break-even point” refers to the amount of sales—products or services a business must sell to cover all costs. Applying this to childcare,
Childcare businesses, just like people, can be described as either healthy, a little sick, anemic, or gravely ill. When sick, humans often need a consultation with a doctor, the right medicine, and often a change in diet, lifestyle, habits, or a change from things that lead to their illness. We
If you want to increase the value of your childcare business, the more you get these things right, the more your childcare business is worth. 10 Key Things That Increase Child Care Business Value Competent management team in place – not reliant on the owner Consistent, high profits with organized
In my 28 years of working in childcare business mergers and acquisitions, I have met and worked with thousands of childcare business buyers. From the individual buyer looking to purchase their own child care business – to the business development officers making acquisitions for large regional and national child care
Whether you plan to sell your childcare business soon or years from now, it is essential to ensure you prepare your business for sale. These steps can be implemented in any order, and depending on your desired timeline for exiting your business, it can take months to as little as
All childcare business owners should aim to increase profits and business value. Your childcare business is likely your largest investment and a substantial portion of your net worth. Therefore, you must actively manage your business profits to protect the value of your childcare business. Unfortunately, most childcare owners struggle with
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