April 14, 2021
The Challenges of Buying (and Selling) a Business
A month or so after a business buy-sell transaction the buyer said he had found some challenges but was making his way through them. Finding…
April 9, 2021
Why Buy and Own a Business?
The March 1, 2021 comic Non Sequitur by Wiley gives us a great answer (to the headline). You can see the comic here* and in…
April 7, 2021
Questions and Confidentiality When Exiting
By Jessica Martinka There’s an old song that starts out, “Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.” What about, “Questions, questions, everywhere a question,” when it comes…
March 31, 2021
Business – It’s Not Rocket Science
I have never worked with a business buyer who didn’t want to grow (aka scale) the business they buy. I don’t know if I’ve ever…
March 27, 2021
Texas Energy Screw-up and Small Business Impairments
The headlines about the Texas freeze and energy disaster caught my attention. I read two long articles, one in the Seattle Times and the other…
March 24, 2021
A Job Disguised as a Business
We’re working on a client grow-by-acquisition project and have found the industry is not only very fragmented, with a lot of small companies, but too…
March 17, 2021
When the Corporate World Attacks You
By Jessica Martinka Horror stories abound! Both parents working from home, kids taking virtual classes, and bandwidths stretched thin, both internet and personal. The virtual…
March 10, 2021
Tech and Our Lives
At the end of 2020 The Wall Street Journal had a feature article, co-authored by their four technology and related columnists, titled, “The Tech That…
March 5, 2021
Getting Your Deal Done
Originally published on ibainc.com blog in February 202! I was honored to have IBA team members Gregory Kovsky and Curt Maier contribute a chapter to…
March 3, 2021
When the Union Wins
The teacher’s unions won, at least in the Puget Sound area; most districts are not returning to the classroom in any material way. Based on…
