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Google Gold Rush 
by Angus Loten, Inc. Magazine
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Gaithersburg, MD - April, 2008 - John Burley, President of Burley & Associates featured in Inc. Magazine's article "Google Gold Rush". To get Burley's full opinion on firms set up to be acquired by Google, contact Burley's Washington DC Headquarters at 301-840-3847 or info@burleyonline.com.


Inc. Magazine Article - 2007  
Taking Your Business to Market, by John Burley
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Inc. Magazine Article - 2007
Valuing Your Business, by John Burley
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Inc. Magazine Article - 2006
Preparing Your Business for the Market, by John Burley
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Inc. Magazine Article - 2006
The Lifecycle of Selling a Business, by John Burley
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Burley Writes Monthly Column for Inc. Magazine

Gaithersburg, MD – November, 2006 – Burley & Associates, Inc., a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size companies, announced that John Burley has signed an Author Contract with Mansueto Ventures LLC, publisher of Inc. Magazine. Under the contract, Mr. Burley will produce a monthly column on mergers and acquisitions, and serve as the expert in residence for Inc.com’s Buy & Sell a Business Resource Center to keep readers abreast of the latest mergers and acquisitions strategies and trends for small businesses.

Mr. Burley’s columns can be viewed at:

http://www.inc.com/resources/valuations/

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Buying to Get Big
Inc. Magazine Article, featuring John Burley, September 2006
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urley & Associates Featured on Talk Show

Gaithersburg, MD – July 14, 2006 – Burley & Associates, Inc, a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size companies, announced today that Lorette Farris, Burley’s Director of Small Business Development, will be featured as an expert guest on SmartBusiness on WTNT AM570 in Washington, DC. The show airs on Saturday, July 15th from 8am – 9am EST.

SmartBusiness is a weekly radio show hosted by the Exit Planning Group. As an expert in business acquisitions, Ms. Farris will speak on topics relating to the acquisition of businesses with less than $5 million in revenues.

Ms. Farris is an expert in business acquisitions with additional expertise in corporate securities, acquisition search and management, SEC and NASD compliance, and business development consulting. Ms. Farris’ professional background is inclusive of Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Compliance with two full service investment-banking brokerage firms, overseeing syndicate functions for corporate finance activities, due diligence reviews, deal structuring, negotiating underwriting contracts for private placements, IPOs, and secondary offerings. 

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urley & Associates Acquires New York Based Growth Strategies

Gaithersburg, MD – July 22, 2005 – Burley & Associates, Inc, a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size technology and business services companies, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Growth Strategies, a New York-based mergers and acquisitions and business consulting firm.

With the additional staff, expertise, and market presence, Burley & Associates is better equipped to handle the pent-up demand for its services and offer an even greater depth of expertise across the Mid-Atlantic region and nationally. Burley’s philosophy of providing the best practices and service levels offered by large M&A firms to smaller companies in the $1 million to $25 million revenue space is further strengthened with the addition of Growth Strategies.

John Burley, the President and founder of Burley & Associates commented, “Growth Strategies has developed an excellent reputation in the New York market and we are privileged to take advantage of what Growth Strategies has accomplished.”

Mr. Burley adds, “More importantly, our team is further enhanced by the experience, expertise, and capabilities of Growth Strategies senior staff. Lorette Farris, Growth Strategies President and founder, is a key member of our team. She brings a wealth of expertise from the legal, compliance, securities, and investment banking world and her underwriting, IPO and private placement experience will further enhance our capabilities. Furthermore, the additional high-level talent will further our ability to serve smaller, yet more sophisticated companies that require a higher level of service and expertise than a typical business broker or intermediary, but are still too small to get the attention of a typical Wall Street firm.”

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Burley & Associates Article Featured in Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine

January 2005 - A Star Turn For the Mid-Sized Tech Firm by Burley & Associates appears in Mergers & Acquisitions, The Dealmaker's Journal, a full-scale magazine published by the Association for Corporate Growth.

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Burley & Associates Principal Wins Prestigious Award at
Johns Hopkins University

Montgomery Village, MD – May 17, 2004 – Burley & Associates, a leading mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size technology companies, announced today that one if its principals, Martin J. Lattman, has recently won the 2003/2004 Above and Beyond award from the Johns Hopkins University Graduate School of Professional Studies. Chosen by the university’s students each year to honor the Graduate Department of Marketing’s top instructor, Mr. Lattman earned this award for his work in the classroom and for his efforts advising the school’s business students. Mr. Lattman serves as a member of the Practitioner Faculty at Johns Hopkins.

John Burley, the President and founder of Burley & Associates, was pleased to see Mr. Lattman’s marketing expertise acknowledged in this manner. “One of the keys to our success has been our ability to truly understand our clients’ market position and then properly establish them in the M&A marketplace. Mr. Lattman plays the lead role for our firm in providing this type of guidance to our clients, and this award proves that our confidence in his abilities is well-founded”, commented Burley. This further supports one of our key value drivers, which is that we provide strategic M&A advisory services in addition to transaction management. Our clients require this level of service, and we provide it for them”, Burley added.

Burley & Associates is a full-service mergers and acquisitions firm headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, DC region with a significant focus on small to mid-size technology companies. The firm offers services on both the buy-side and sell-side of a transaction, including the sourcing of buyers and sellers, contract negotiation, due diligence, business valuation, financing, capital raising, and other consulting and advisory services. Burley & Associates’ vision, from its inception, was to pioneer the delivery of large M&A firm services to small and mid-size businesses.

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Burley & Associates Announces Successful Merger
with Gilbert Associates

Gaithersburg, MD – March 1, 2004 – Burley & Associates, a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size technology companies, announced today that it completed a merger with Gilbert Associates on January 1, 2004 and has successfully integrated all business operations. The combined entity, to operate under the Burley & Associates name, can now offer its clients an even broader array of services that includes Gilbert’s experience with capital markets and investor relations.

John Burley, the President and founder of Burley & Associates commented, “Gilbert Associates shares our philosophy of providing the best practices and service levels offered by large M&A firms to smaller companies in the $1 million to $10 million space. This transaction furthers this focus, strengthens our firm, and adds to our capital markets, business valuation, and investor relations capabilities.”

Mr. Burley adds, “We’ve found that many smaller companies, especially technology companies, require more robust and sophisticated services than are typically offered by business brokers and intermediaries, yet they cannot get the attention of, nor can they afford Wall Street type firms. The business community now has an even stronger resource to provide this unique level of service that only larger companies used to receive.”

Burley & Associates is a full-service mergers and acquisitions firm that operates in the metropolitan Washington, DC region with a significant focus on small to mid-size technology companies. The firm offers services on both the buy-side and sell-side of a transaction, including the sourcing of buyers and sellers, contract negotiation, due diligence, business valuation, financing, capital raising, and other consulting and advisory services. Burley & Associates’ vision, from its inception, was to pioneer the delivery of large M&A firm services to small and mid-size businesses.

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