Donna Dailey - Founder ChildCareOwner.com

Donna Dailey

CEO & Founder

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

Author: Donna Dailey

10 Steps to Prepare Your Child Care Business for Sale

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

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child care consulting services
Donna Dailey

Maximizing Child Care Business Profits & Value

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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child care real estate value, child care center building value
Donna Dailey

How Much Is My Child Care Land and Building Worth?

This is the question that child care owners asked just after, “What is my child care business worth?” Commonly, the real estate – land and buildings associated with a childcare business- is often more valuable than the childcare business. This is due to the high land cost and the cost

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child care grant funds
Donna Dailey

Stabilization Grant Funds and Business Value

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

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selling a child care business - owner financing vs earn outs
Donna Dailey

Selling a Childcare Business – Owner Financing vs. Earn Outs

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

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