Exiting & Selling

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…

I posted recently about seeing a rash of mangled financial statements. I wrote it’s my top item owners should fix to increase value, and just…

Once again I’m in the middle of a deal where the seller treats accounting like a weak little step-sister. Garbage in-garbage out syndrome, co-mingling businesses,…

When working with business buyers and sellers I’ve found those who demonstrate empathy to those on the others side get things moving faster (than those…

On June 2, 2018 Jason Zweig’s article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, “The Fanciful Alphabet Soup Companies Use to Fool You.” The premise…

A few months ago the Wall Street Journal’s Business section’s headline was, “China Conglomerate Gets Lifeline.” The sub-headline was, “Government is helping HNA Group right…