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

Value of Preventive Maintenance in Your Child Care Business
Donna Dailey

Value of Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance – A Cost or a Savings? Preventive maintenance is planned or scheduled maintenance with the goal of preventing breakdowns and failures by keeping things repaired and in good working condition. Preventive maintenance in a child care business would include regular evaluation and service/repair of all mechanicals.  Mechanicals being,

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Demographics and Child Care Marketing
Donna Dailey

Demographics and Child Care Marketing

Demographics and market research are not just for large companies.  Every business – including child care businesses have much to gain from knowing some basic market area demographics.  Demographics are valuable to child care businesses for many reasons here are five: Defining your ideal customer (parent).  Can you as a

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Child Care Real Estate – Repurposing or Adaptive Reuse
Donna Dailey

Child Care Real Estate – Repurposing or Adaptive Reuse

When seeking a location for a new child care center, individuals often overlook great opportunities in “repurposing” or “adaptive reuse” of existing buildings and space.  Repurposing or adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built. A great

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Child Care Franchises
Donna Dailey

Child Care Franchises

We are often asked by child care owners and individuals wishing to purchase or start a child care business, “how much does it cost to buy a child care franchise”? In the table below, we have compiled information on twenty child care franchises. This information was obtained from websites and

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Is Your Goal to Sell Your Child Care Business in 2021?
Donna Dailey

Is Your Goal to Sell Your Child Care Business in 2021?

If your goal is to sell your child care business in 2018, you should start the process today.  Why?  The average length of time to sell a childcare business is about nine months to a year.  Yes, you can give your business away pretty quickly by accepting far less than

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Child Care Business Pre-Sale Checklist
Donna Dailey

Child Care Business Pre-Sale Checklist

Most business owners, including the owners of child care businesses, often agonize about selling their business for a few years before making the final decision to move forward and offer the business for sale. A serious look at the business to identify areas in need of improvement should take place

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