Middle Market Deals and how to buy, sell and raise capital from $5 to $500 million

Today, I begin a new routine of posting short definitions of key words and phrases that represent jargon or industry-speak.  Generally speaking, these are my own explanations of a word or phrase, rather than a formal definition.

Middle Market:  Middle market or mid-market typically refers to companies of between $5 and $500 million in sales.  Definitions vary, for instance, Barlow Research suggests that the range is $10 to $500 million.  Using their definition, they identify 92,973 companies of this size using Dun & Bradstreet data.

Generally speaking, I will try to write for the audience of entrepreneurs and executives who work in and run companies of this size.