Jeff Yowell, founder of Datacore Marketing, said he ignored several offers to buy his business before he finally started thinking seriously about selling.
Yowell had built Westwood-based Datacore into a $15 million-revenue company with 120 employees by the time he sold a majority stake to WPP Group in 2007. Yowell received a partial multimillion-dollar payment upfront and maintained control as he sold the rest of his stake in the next five years.
Hindsight shows the sale as one of the biggest and…
Jeff Yowell, founder of Datacore Marketing, said he ignored several offers to buy his business before he finally started thinking seriously about selling.
Yowell had built Westwood-based Datacore into a $15 million-revenue company with 120 employees by the time he sold a majority stake to WPP Group in 2007. Yowell received a partial multimillion-dollar payment upfront and maintained control as he sold the rest of his stake in the next five years.
Hindsight shows the sale as one of the biggest and…