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…
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 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 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…
February 24, 2021
When Football, Covid, Protocols, and Systems Collide
The NFL is down to the final four teams. On at least one of the games this past weekend the announcers talked about how successful…
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 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…
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…
December 16, 2020
Make it Complicated or Keep it Simple?
Apple and Microsoft are trillion-dollar companies, very successful, have lots of smart people so why can’t either of them figure out how to have an…
