February 19, 2021
Is Your Business Ready to be Sold?
The first and most common set of questions having to do with the owner’s readiness to sell his or her business tend to be about…
February 17, 2021
Business Buy-Sell and 2021
It’s 2021 and I sense a lot of optimism, or at least hoped-for optimism. Of course the vaccines are a huge factor in this and…
February 10, 2021
Happiness, Dogs, and Culture
Let’s start 2021 on a happy note. On January 2 in the Wall Street Journal there was a column by Susan Pinker titled, “Dogs Really Do Make…
February 8, 2021
The Advantages of Two Broker Negotiations
By Gregory Kovsky with IBA My firm, IBA, has a long history of welcoming “buy side” business brokers into the transactions we facilitate as a…
February 3, 2021
Dependents Save on Taxes; Dependencies Reduce Value
Here’s an exchange I recently had with a supposedly seasoned businessperson, growth consultant, and business broker: Me: “There are a couple issues with this business, one in…
January 27, 2021
Knowing Your Customers
The recent meeting of Seattle U Family Business Exchange (companies with multiple generations in the business) two of the presenters showed there are multiple ways…
January 20, 2021
Hangout with Smart People
I was watching some football over the weekend and some post-game interviews. One question to a quarterback was about why a certain player has made…
January 13, 2021
It’s Yours – Think Long Term
I recently got a newsletter from my friend Lisa Nirell with Energize Growth. She works primarily with middle market CMOs. The newsletter shared the following:…
January 6, 2021
Random Holiday Season Thoughts and Information
Here are some thoughts and information as we head into a weird Christmas and New Year’s season. Have you noticed the low winter produce prices?…
December 30, 2020
Covid Entrepreneurs
The November 19, 2020 Wall Street Journal had a front-page article titled, “New Entrepreneurs Emerge From Wreck of Covid Economy.” Some of the highlights from…
