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
One of the most frequent questions I have been asked over the last two years is – “How do buyers look at grant funds and business value.” The answer – it depends. Grant funds are like all other funds that are non-recurring. Whether it is a one-time “grant fund” for
In the training workshops I conduct and my meetings with childcare owners, I find them confused about why childcare business buyers buy and what the buyers are willing to pay for. Why Buyer Buy – and What They Will Pay For are not the same; let me explain. A buyer
In recent years I have received an increasing number of calls (more than in years past) from childcare business owners about selling their childcare business and owner financing. However, the involvement of owner financing in selling a childcare business or any small business is common. In transferring small, medium, and
The Endless Child Care Buyer Calls, Emails, and Letters How many calls, emails, and letters have you received this week from people interested in buying your child care business? If you are like most child care business owners, particularly a large child care business owner, you have probably been contacted
For many childcare owners, 2022 has been another year of high stress, labor shortages, and frustration. How will 2023 be different? In most states, childcare business owners will continue to receive Stabilization Grants for all or part of 2023. The goal of the stabilization grants is to make individual childcare
Every child care business operates in a facility – building and land. Some child care owners lease the building and land from a third-party owner. The owner of the building and land “real estate” determines how much rent they require. This “third-party,” “arms-length” relationship often results in the greater likelihood
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