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Business Buying Guest Columns

November 1, 2017

Motivations for Owning a Business

Motivations for Owning a Business Guest column from Gregory Kovsky, IBA Business Brokers An introductory conversation between adults locally will often include an inquiry about…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

October 27, 2017

Why Your Lease is Important

When in New York, my wife loves going to a clothing store called New York Look, where she’s befriended one of the employees who helps…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

October 27, 2017

Business Valuation Lessons From ESOPs

I’ve been working with a client company on the implementation of an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). In an ESOP, a qualified plan, the plan…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling Increasing Value

October 20, 2017

Distractions are Everywhere – Avoid Them

Everywhere you look there are distractions. Just think about it: All the advertising with which we’re constantly bombarded. And if TV, radio, and print weren’t…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

October 16, 2017

It’s Counter-Intuitive – Buy the Company and Lower Prices

The news has been filled with stories about Amazon buying Whole Foods, what might happen, and what did happen. I liked the pictures in the…

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Business Buying Other

October 12, 2017

Let’s have fun (my wife’s motto)

On September 20, I’ll be again volunteering to teach my class, “Dynamically Growing a Consulting Business” at the local SBA/SCORE office. It’s always an opportunity…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

October 9, 2017

The Murky Ground

A recent business section in the Wall Street Journal had the front page, top headline of, “Google Pays Up for Fake Traffic.” There are refunds…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling Increasing Value

October 5, 2017

Would You Buy a Business Sight Unseen

In June of 2017 the Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “Buying A House Sight Unseen Is Easier Than Ever.” The opening sentence is,…

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Business Buying Exiting & Selling

September 27, 2017

When You Think You’ve Had a Bad Day; Or, The Best Laid Plans….

Take a look at this video of a Jimmy Fund (a Boston based charity supporting the Jimmy Fund Clinic for pediatric cancer) former patient throwing…

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Business Buying

September 23, 2017

The Cost of a Startup

Seattle Magazine did an analysis of the costs of opening a 2,000-square foot restaurant and the total costs ranged from $671,000 to $856,000, with, as…

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Business Buying

Motivations for Owning a Business

Why Your Lease is Important

Business Valuation Lessons From ESOPs

Distractions are Everywhere – Avoid Them

It’s Counter-Intuitive – Buy the Company and Lower Prices

Let’s have fun (my wife’s motto)

The Murky Ground

Would You Buy a Business Sight Unseen

When You Think You’ve Had a Bad Day; Or, The Best Laid Plans….

The Cost of a Startup

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