Big Money in ABA Series- Who's Buying and Selling?
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This recorded Big Money in ABA session examines agency acquisitions, buyer due diligence, valuation considerations and employee ownership. Karen Chung presents the business perspective, while Jon S. Bailey discusses ethics concerns reported through his hotline.
Catalogue presenter credits: Jon S. Bailey, Karen Chung.
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The presenters explain platform companies and add-on acquisitions and discuss tensions between incentives tied to billable hours and client care. Bailey draws on questions sent to his ethics hotline about caseloads and billing pressure.
An embedded interview with an agency owner explores why she sold, how she investigated the buyer and what she might do differently. Later discussion covers written reinvestment commitments, valuation factors and an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) as an alternative exit.
What does this recording cover?
- Platform companies and add-on acquisitions
- Incentives tied to billable hours and ethics hotline concerns
- Buyer due diligence and written deal commitments
- Financial performance and valuation considerations
- Employee stock ownership plans as an exit alternative
Recording context: This is a historical discussion of agency ownership and acquisition. Its recording date is not supplied.
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Meet the Presenters
Dr. Bailey received his PhD from the University of Kansas and is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida State University where he was a member of the graduate faculty for 38-years and produced a record 63 PhDs. He is currently Director of the FSU Panama City Masters Program in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Dr. Bailey has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and is co-author of Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis, How Dogs Learn, Ethics for Behavior Analysts, 2nd Expanded Edition, How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst, and 25 Essential Skills and Strategies for Professional Behavior Analysts, all co-authored with Dr. Mary Burch.
Karen is the Founder and CEO of Special Learning. She started the company in 2010 after learning about the effectiveness of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) juxtaposed against the reality that over 95% of the world did not have access to ABA. As an entrepreneur with over 20 years of corporate experience, she started Special Learning to leverage existing and emerging technology to make quality ABA resources and services available to parents, educators and professionals around the world.
Karen’s entrepreneurial experience includes starting and growing a diversity retained executive search firm specializing in placing women and minority executives in leadership positions of Fortune 1,000 companies. Her investment banking background includes working with various venture capital and private equity companies to facilitate deal flow while representing CEOs of rapidly growing companies seeking to raise equity and debt capital for various middle market businesses and commercial real estate developers. Her corporate background includes various leadership and functional roles in Fortune 1,000 and middle market companies. Her additional entrepreneurial activities include owning and operating high end boutique
She graduated with a Masters of Management degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a recipient of the Elijah Watts Sells Award from the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), an award granted to less than top 5% of all CPA exam candidates.
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