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by Luke Tatone from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management
in Portland, OR, USA

6mos ago

Another year of IBISWorld, DealStats & DataAxle on the house :-)

I just signed the checks for the 2026 license agreements with our three data partners. They are all fantastic (and very expensive!), so I truly hope everyone will use them in the coming year. Less than half of our members used these features in 2025. IBISWorld for Industry Research: redacted DealStats for Transaction Data: redacted DataAxle for Company Contacts: redacted All three are available at the top of this page (on desktop) and under the profile tab (on mobile). Please give them a try if you haven't already done so. ^redacted‌, ^redacted‌ & ^redacted‌, at IBISWorld, DealStats & DataAxle respectively, can answer any questions you have about how to get the most out of these partnerships.

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reply by a searcher 1mo ago
from London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London in Geneva, Switzerland

For IBIS World it says "Rate limit exceeded." - I did not know that there was a limit on access. Will I have access again in 24 hours, a few days, etc, or did I just get too studious, and have no access anymore in general? @redacted‌ - do you know? My apologies for the inconvenience.

reply by a professional 1mo ago
in New York, NY, USA

Looking at average EBITDA multiples and comparing them to your implied Adjusted EBITDA multiple on the business can usually give you a good sense if you are over paying or under paying. When we do are quality of Earnings report we help buyer understand what the true Adjusted EBITDA should be redacted