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…
December 2, 2020
Ask the Right Question or Get the Wrong Answer
Here are a couple questions reporters asked (the wrong way. Reporter (to football QB): Do you think other teams have figured you out?QB (rolling eyes):…
November 25, 2020
When You’re Sunk You’re Sunk
Forbes.com reported bankrupt Chucky Cheese is spending $2.3 million dollars to destroy 7 billion prize tickets, which would fill 65 cargo-shipping containers. Why? Because it’s…
November 21, 2020
What Exactly are You (Personally) Guaranteeing?
In the 1990s, President Trump nearly ruined himself by personally guaranteeing many millions of dollars in loans, and then said he regretted guaranteeing them. But…
