I have been selling child care businesses since 1995 and speak with hundreds of child care owners and potential buyers each year. In my discussions with child care owners, I often find that they have been planning for years to sell their child care business to a buyer or “type of buyer” that will most…
Hello, my name is Donna Dailey, and I am the owner and managing broker of Solutions 4 Child Care. I started helping people buy and sell child care centers in 1995, Over the last 21 years, I have worked with hundreds of child care owners to start, improve and when the time was right, transfer…
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 once the decision to sell…
At Solutions 4 Child Care, when we speak with child care owners about marketing, we ask about area demographics, marketing segmentation, the definition of an ideal customer, etc. Although most child care owners have a general idea of “area demographics”, most have limited knowledge or incorrect estimates (guesses) about the demographics of their market area.…
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 child care owner describe the…
