December 17, 2013
SBA Loans Benefit the Buyer, Bank and Especially the Business Seller
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December 11, 2013
Assumptions, Adjustments, and Add Backs – John Martinka
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December 4, 2013
Popcorn Always Smells Good
It seemed like within one week we walked into three places where there was a popcorn machine. The third time is when my wife made…
October 24, 2013
The Value of (Others) Common Sense
I was reviewing some notes for a talk and the last comment I had written was, "Use common sense." This applies to more than just…
October 22, 2013
The Value of the Owner to the Business’s Value
Every so often I hear the statement, “the business is so well run you can hire a manager for $50-60,000 a year to keep it…
October 18, 2013
AAA – Not to the Rescue
If the only way a buy-sell deal can be made to work is because of AAA, it's probably not worth doing. AAA stands for: Adjustments…
October 16, 2013
First Impression – Not Always What It Seems
I was at a professional group meeting recently, we broke into small groups to discuss an issue and the first thing one person blurted out…
October 5, 2013
Beware of Outside Feedback (It’s Probably Useless)
It's been a long time since I've experienced rain as we did at the University of Washington football game last Saturday. We were soaked under…
October 3, 2013
SBA Acquisition Loans – A Win-Win-Win Especially for the Seller
Pre-Great Recession - banks competed for business acquisition loans and I remember one client's summary that had eight banks, eight approvals, seven banks using the SBA…
