Corona Virus and Your Business

Mar 6, 2020 | General

It wasn’t that long ago that we were discussing the effects of an election year upon the business climate, and early in 2020 it seems that the dominant story is a flu-like disease that the world seems uncertain about in general. While it’s true that in many parts of...

Selling a Franchise Business

Feb 28, 2020 | Must Knows About Business Sales

Here at Apex we’ve sold every type of business you may have heard of, and at least a dozen you could probably have never imagined. But franchise businesses add a few additional wrinkles to the process that it’s important for any buyer to be aware of. In this article,...

Case Study #35: Jazz Guitar Lessons and $250k Annual Revenues

Feb 21, 2020 | Case Studies

For some years, Marc-Andre Seguin was the typical struggling artist, specifically, of the musical variety. But unwilling to face the fate of so many before him, he decided to create a blog about his music, and almost a decade later, that site pulls in a cool $250,000...

Book Club #21: Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top, by Bo Burlingham

Feb 14, 2020 | Book Club

We’ve run into Bo Burlingham here on Book Club before. We’ve reviewed his groundbreaking Small Giants book and he was seen as a major source for Dan Andrews’ Before the Exit as well. Burlingham characterizes this as an “end-up” book as opposed to a “start-up” book....

5 Signs You are Burning Out (and 10 Strategies to Fix It!)

Feb 7, 2020 | Build A Better Business

There’s a fair amount of content available these days on burnout. Far from our future of flying cars that The Jetsons promised us, we’re tapping out email responses while “making a visit” to the one place where most of us have to go at least once a day. Alas, burnout...