What’s Driving the Spike in Small Business Acquisitions - Businessweek

 "In October, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Eric Bahn sold Beat The GMAT, his social network startup for MBA applicants, to Hobsons, an education technology company in Cincinnati. The money, he says, was “too good for us to pass up.” Timing was also a big factor: The sale closed before a raft of tax increases stemming from Obamacare and the fiscal-cliff deal kicked in on high earners in 2013. “Some others in the Valley are wallowing a bit in their alcoholic beverages right now, feeling like they missed a good time for liquidity,” Bahn says.

Bahn’s interest in getting the acquisition completed in 2012 appears to have been shared by many: BizBuySell, an online business-for-sale marketplace focused on Main Street companies, reported a 43.4 percent jump in business sales during the final three weeks of December 2012 compared with the same time period in 2011. Its report records a sample of transactions reported by 1,200 brokers across the country."

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