JohnM, Author at Martinka Consulting

Business Buying Exiting & Selling

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!…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling Guest Columns

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…

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Business Buying Increasing Value

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…

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Increasing Value Other

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…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

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…

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Business Buying

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…

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Increasing Value Other

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…

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Increasing Value Other

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…

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Other

September 21, 2018

Trust Versus Prospecting

I am getting really tired of people asking me to connect on LinkedIn and then prospecting me. What looks like a networking connection turns into…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling Increasing Value

September 19, 2018

Revisiting an Old Friend – The Importance of Employees

I read a short article recently where the writer was describing his frustrating experience when making a food and beverage order, which he repeated twice,…

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The Value of Non-Compete Agreements

The Best Business Sale Transactions are Facilitated in an Environment of Full Disclosure

It’s Always the Little (Unseen) Things

When the Employees are Quitting the Economy is Hot

Due Diligence and The Supreme Court

Due Diligence Does Not Mean Analysis Paralysis

Routines Rule

Sabotage is All Around Us

Trust Versus Prospecting

Revisiting an Old Friend – The Importance of Employees

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