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
Collecting tuition is probably one of the hardest things for childcare Owners and Directors to do. Speaking to parents about their payments is not the “fun” part of the job, but it must be done. Unfortunately, you will have those parents that will not pay their tuition without a friendly
Over the years, when providing financial consulting for a child care business owner, I discovered they were factoring their accounts receivable (unpaid tuition). So, what is receivable factoring, and is it appropriate for child care businesses? Accounts receivable factoring is another method of receivables management and working capital funding to
Childcare is a business. A lot of times when people open a child care business they may open it with the impression “if I open it they will come”. Well, that is not always true. The truth is that childcare centers have to be marketed just like every other business.
The cost of marketing to find and enroll a new child far exceeds the cost of keeping children already enrolled in your center. The following are five tips for maintaining enrolled children. 1. Keep parents happy. Parents that are happy with you and your employees are less likely to take
This year is coming to an end in just a few short weeks. Are you ready for 2018? Most childcare owners would respond “No.” Moreover, the thought of trying to find time to add one more thing to the “to do” list does not excite the already frazzled childcare owner.
While taking the steps to start a child care business, most owners are already dreaming of the day they will sell their center for a substantial sum. The problem is – most owners are so busy running their business little time and effort is spent engaging in activities that improve
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