Case Study #9: Fishing Trips

Case Study #9: Fishing Trips

John Bowen was the CEO of Reinhardt Werba Bowen (RWB), a financial services company that was acquired by Assante Capital in 1998 for $25M. While the exit was ultimately a happy one, it started inauspiciously. Why? Because John was the object of a “fishing trip” from a...
Know Your Broker: Jay Kvasnicka

Know Your Broker: Jay Kvasnicka

In this occasional series we will share profiles of our team here at Apex so you can get to know the men and women that make us best qualified to help you buy or sell a business. Jay has been in the industry for just about a decade. He has owned both a promotional...
Book Club #8: Anything you Want, by Derek Sivers

Book Club #8: Anything you Want, by Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers sold his company, CD Baby, for $22M. For years he’d made tens of millions of dollars for independent musicians by giving them a platform by which they could sell to their fans. Some time after, he wrote a very short book about the experience,...
Case Study #8: What’s Your Sweat Equity Worth?

Case Study #8: What’s Your Sweat Equity Worth?

Dr. Phil Carson (a different Dr. Phil than the one most people know) is the owner of Carson Natural Health. Before he began that business, he helped create a pharmacy business. He didn’t have anything to invest in that pharmacy business as he’d been wiped out in...