October 24, 2018
Don’t Forget to Have Fun
By Jessica, with a tad bit of help from John Page one of “Buying a Business That Makes You Rich” lists the top nine reasons…
October 19, 2018
Control Doesn’t Mean Controlling
“I like being in control. I don’t like to listen to anything from anybody.” The above is from the owner of a struggling business on…
October 17, 2018
The Value of Non-Compete Agreements
By Jessica (with a little help from John) Recently I (Jessica) attended a presentation at Equinox Business Law Group titled "Non-compete, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disclosure, Oh My!…
October 12, 2018
The Best Business Sale Transactions are Facilitated in an Environment of Full Disclosure
Guest post from Gregory Kovsky with IBA in Bellevue, WA Due diligence is a process that benefits both sides in a business sale transaction. For…
October 10, 2018
It’s Always the Little (Unseen) Things
We had a perplexing problem with one of our garage door openers, as in it wouldn’t close, which usually means the safety beam is out…
October 8, 2018
When the Employees are Quitting the Economy is Hot
When employees feed confident they'll quit their job to get another one. 2015-2018 employee quits are up 30% and it's why it's important to attract…
October 6, 2018
Due Diligence and The Supreme Court
We all know what’s in the headlines. Behind the headlines we see the Republicans saying how great Kavanaugh did while testifying, there’s no backup to…
October 4, 2018
Due Diligence Does Not Mean Analysis Paralysis
This post was originally written for the blog on www.ibainc.com, a Bellevue, WA business brokerage firm. The seller nicknamed the buyer “Columbo” after the TV…
October 3, 2018
Routines Rule
It’s football season and one of the lessons we can all learn from football teams is the importance of routines. Once the preseason games start…
September 26, 2018
Sabotage is All Around Us
I caught a small amount of the NFL Hall of Fame ceremonies on TV and was particularly drawn to Jerry Kramer’s acceptance speech. He mentioned…
