Navigating Your Defining Moment: Two Real-World M&A Journeys

This spring, the first annual CriticalPoint Business Summit brought together current business owners and industry specialists to explore and shed light on the M&A process. One highlight was a panel discussion titled “The Experience of Selling Your Business,” featuring CriticalPoint Founder Matt Young and two business owners who shared their personal M&A journeys, offering vital […]

Why Middle-Market M&A Is Gaining Momentum—Even in a Volatile Economy

Despite economic headwinds from shifting trade policies, stock market volatility, and recession concerns, middle-market M&A is showing resilience. A perfect storm of available capital, generational transitions, and private equity urgency is driving deal activity this year. A Mixed Start to 2025—But Optimism Persists 2025 began with high hopes following several years of suppressed M&A volumes. […]

CriticalPoint’s 2025 Business Summit Unlocks Middle-Market M&A Strategies

On March 24th – 25th, 2025 CriticalPoint hosted over 100 attendees for its inaugural Business Summit at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California. The event was an incredible success, bringing together current business owners and industry specialists to discuss how best to prepare for and implement a process.

Year End Wrap Up 2024

“We have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.” Warren Buffet, 1994 Letter to Shareholders In a year marked by uncertainty related to inflation, Fed rate cuts, tightened lending standards, heightened geopolitical tension and […]

Year End Wrap Up

It’s been a busy year here at CriticalPoint. As we reflect on 2023, we wanted to highlight all the great things that transpired this year. Our firm has grown immensely since our inception eleven years ago.