Rick Andrade

Managing Director in M&A/ Calabasas Capital

Rick is a Series 7, 63, and 79 M&A securities representative and a licensed California Real Estate Broker. He has more than 20 years experience as a business advisor. He earned his BA and MBA degrees from UCLA. He specializes in the step by step sales process and valuation methodologies for business owners looking to sell or raise new capital.

Rick focuses on middle market sized companies and networks with both strategic industry execs and private equity firms to listen for what buyers are searching for in this market. He is also a proud SBA/SCORE instructor to small business owners teaching them How to Sell a Business for Top Dollar. He is a published writer and speaker on current M&A market topics and blogs at www.RickAndrade.com.

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Los Angeles, CA

Recent Posts by Rick

How Will Obamacare Costs Affect M&A Deal Values in 2013?

How Will Obamacare Costs Affect M&A Deal Values in 2013?

As middle market mergers and acquisitions heat up this year, the value of your company could be viewed more specifically if you are near the Read More

Should you be Crowd Funding in 2013? How One Company Raised Over $10 million

Should you be Crowd Funding in 2013? How One Company Raised Over $10 million

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Your first New Year’s present has arrived.

It’s a gift from our kids; a generation feverishly bent on serious change. And this Read More

Season’s Greetings 2012: When the Financial Services Professionals Call

Season’s Greetings 2012: When the Financial Services Professionals Call

Here it comes… the last weeks before year end 2012, and what a year.  From a financial point of view, it’s the most active time Read More

Is Your Board of Directors Obsolete?

Is Your Board of Directors Obsolete?

Did you know the concept of a governing board of directors or trustees dates in America as far back as 1606, when King James I Read More

Top 10 M&A Drivers for 2012- Are CEOs in a Tug of War room?

Top 10 M&A Drivers for 2012- Are CEOs in a Tug of War room?

It’s not easy being a CEO looking for growth this year. Stemming from the need to increase top line sales there is certainly no lack Read More

Should I Sell my Company in 2012? Or wait for better times?

Should I Sell my Company in 2012? Or wait for better times?

The last 3 years have not been easy for most middle market companies in the US. Sales have been mostly flat to slightly up at Read More

The State of Capital Markets in 2012

The State of Capital Markets in 2012

As a member of ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) here in Los Angeles, we get a chance each New Year to gather and hear from Read More

How to Avoid Going Out of Business in 2012

How to Avoid Going Out of Business in 2012

Let me ask you something. How long is the average for-profit company supposed to last; 50 years, 100 years? What if in 2012, it all

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