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The M&A Brief: Why Smooth Creative Holdings bought Energy Central
By John McGovern, CEO Grimes McGovern Associates What drove Smooth Creative Holdings to buy online events and digital media…
M&A trends in 2025 (so far)
Opinion by John McGovern, CEO & owner, Grimes, McGovern & Associates, LLC Reading the headlines about the USA, the market…
M&A Brief: How old is your event business when it’s ready to sell?
By John McGovern, CEO, Grimes, McGovern & Associates In early May 2025, Hyve entered the supply chain and logistics space…
The M&A Brief: What TAM, SAM and SOM mean, and why they matter
by John McGovern, CEO Grimes McGovern & Associates TAM, or Total Addressable Market, is a term we see a lot of in…
Want private equity to buy your business? Prepare your data correctly
PE firms want event businesses with a clear roadmap for growth. Once they’ve found that, they’ll buy and exit within…
The M&A brief: Why now is a good time to sell
by John McGovern Last year saw private-equity (PE) deal counts and total deal value rise by a double-digit percentage. With over…
Global uncertainty? Three ways to diversify your turnover streams
A recent poll to Exhibition World and Exhibition News subscribers asked: “What’s the biggest challenge in growing your company or…
The $175m lesson: Why a dirty database can kill a deal
Opinion by John McGovern, CEO & owner, Grimes, McGovern & Associates, LLC Media and event businesses today are all about…
GMA’s Jeff Gruenhut: Here’s what I learned at International Confex
Jeff Gruenhut, senior vice-president at Grimes, McGovern & Associates recently spoke at an M&A session in International…
GMA’s takeaway from UFI Asia-Pacific Conference: AI “wakeup call” at hand?
John Connelly, Asia director for Grimes, McGovern & Associates, attended the recent UFI Asia-Pacific Conference and AIME –…
IFES and GMA forge strategic partnership
The International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services (IFES) and the Greek Meetings Alliance (GMA) partnered to benefit…