Released on: December 20, 2007, 3:22 am

Press Release Author: Evalueserve

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: Investment Bankers and Business Advisors Get Ready to Meet
Demand

Press Release Body: Chicago, IL - Evalueserve, ROCG Consulting, Pinnacle Equity
Solutions, and Loyola University are proud to serve as Founding Sponsors of the
unique new Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) online community
'Midmarketplace.com'. This virtual marketplace is designed to bring together private
small- and mid-size businesses with private capital firms, financial planners, and
related service professionals. Midmarketplace.com will host a high-powered two-day
seminar, 'Your Biggest Payday', for private business owners at Bally's in Las Vegas
January 14 and 15 2008.

This executive workshop and seminar will help mid-size, privately held companies
learn when and how to HOLD and GROW or SELL and GO. It is not an academic forum.
"Thought Leaders" from the private capital marketplace will share their best
practices on how to maximize business value in the new global economy. These are
well-respected investment bankers and business owners, recognized as best selling
business authors. The seminar is being billed as "Truth from the Trenches" by its
organizer because of the hard hitting practical approach to maximize the value of
the mid-size business and emphasis on optimizing what that means to the business
owner and owner's family. It will address issues such as the best time to leave the
business, how business valuations are changing, and how business owners can bridge
the gap between the company's present worth and that in the future. The gap is the
difference between what a business owner needs in order to move on to the next phase
of their life and what the business is actually worth. If the current business value
provides that amount, they may chose to transfer/sell their business now. If there
is a "gap" between what they need and the value of their business, then they may
chose instead to hold onto and grow their business. The question is always to HOLD
and GROW. or SELL and GO.

There are more than 300,000 privately held U.S. businesses with revenues of $5-150
million¹ that together with millions of smaller sized companies represent 55 percent
of United States GDP. Of which, 70 percent will transfer ownership within the next
10 years² and the number of business sales is growing. Rapid globalization and new
technology add risk to mid-size businesses as most of their net worth is tied up
with the company. A number of mid-size business owners are opting out of global
hyper-competition by selling their businesses. Most private companies are bought by
well-funded corporations and private equity groups-and not always from the US. Add
these factors to business sales due to the retiring Baby Boomer population, and it
is evident that millions of people will be affected.

"The impact of globalization and leapfrog technology on mid-size businesses is just
beginning to be felt. Businesses can be blindsided by low cost competition from
anywhere. How many of these business owners know when and how to hold and grow or,
if they're better off to sell and go?" asks Michael Nall, Managing Partner of
Chicago-based AM&AA. He adds, "Every business owner and advisor needs to update
their 'Financial IQ' to compete". Many are surprised that business owners, merger
intermediaries, and academia could get together to respond to a new trend.
Especially, one that is not even on the radar screen of most business schools
because of their focus on large corporations in public markets, and not in the news
even though 55 percent of the U.S. economy is the subject.

To interview leaders of AM&AA, Midmarketplace.com, Evalueserve, Loyola, or ROCG,
please contact Debbie Douglas (949) 464-9301 or send an e-mail to getdebbie@cox.net.

Sources
1) AM&AA, Member Survey, October 16-17, 2007
2) OneSource.com

About Evalueserve
Evalueserve provides the following custom research and analytics services to
companies worldwide - Emerging Markets and Regions, Intellectual Property and Legal
Process Services, Market Research, Business Research, Financial/Investment Research,
Data Analytics and Modelling. Evalueserve was founded by IBM and McKinsey alumni,
and has completed over 12,000 client engagements on behalf of global clients.
Several hundred of these research engagements have focused on emerging markets and
regions including China, India, South America and Eastern Europe. Nitron Circle of
Experts, a recently acquired subsidiary, is an independent research firm which
provides institutional investors with direct access to a network of senior industry
executives in a wide range of industries. The firm currently has over 2,100
professionals located in research centres in India, China, and Chile. Additionally,
Evalueserve's 45 client engagement managers are located in the major business and
financial centres globally - from Silicon Valley to Sydney. For more details, please
visit www.evalueserve.com.
Disclaimer
Although the information contained in this article has been obtained from sources
believed to be reliable, the author and Evalueserve disclaim all warranties as to
the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Evalueserve shall have
no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained
herein or for interpretations thereof.

Midmarketplace.com Contact
Debbie Douglas
(949) 464-9301
getdebbie@cox.net

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EVS Media Relations
Tel: +91 124 4154000
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