Blogs
4 Reasons It Might Be Time to Sell Your Business
Just like you want to obtain credit before you need it, you want to prepare to sell your business before you have to.
Case Study #61: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph
Don’t be afraid to innovate, even in a traditional industry. Sandy Hansen Wolff learned this while building the New Heritage Feed Company.
7 Qualities of the Best Franchises
Franchising continues to grow year-on-year and there seem to be ever more choices and opportunities in more and more segmented markets.
4 Pillars of Employee Benefits
Businesses that are built to last (and sell) have four key pillars of employee benefits. They provide a firm foundation for business owners.
Case Study #60: Converting the Sale of One Business into Two
Calvin Johnson’s single-source office supply business, Lykki, saw that the fastest growing part of their business was coffee.
Book Club #26: Traction, by Gino Wickman
Traction and the EOS is the scorecard – The idea that you can see where your business is at the moment and where it’s headed via metrics.
Audit Your Expenses to Boost Profitability
One of the easiest ways to boost profitability is to cut unnecessary expenses or to save on the necessary ones.
How to Buy Part of a Business
A few of the typical rules and processes are unique to a partial business purchase and we’ll examine them in this article.
Case Study #59: Still Working for the New Owners
Anthony Fracchia sold Altrius Benefit Consultants, for 8X EBITDA. The funny thing? Both he and his dad are still working there to this day!
4 Steps to Prep Your Business for Sale in 2022
In this article, we discuss four key areas a business owner can focus on to prepare for a business sale.
This Year, Focus on the Essential
Almost all entrepreneurs who have successfully exited their businesses have learned the lesson of delegation.
Fundamentals of Exit Planning
Exit planning 2-5 years early gives you the chance to do tax planning, business enhancement, and transition planning you’ll need in a sale.
Case Study #58: 3 Years to 30 Million
Josh was already in the supplements space. He just needed to take a crash course in CBD. Six weeks later he launched Fab CBD!
Book Club #25: Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence and How You Can Too, Gary Vaynerchuk
Social media is your business, digital and at scale, for the entire world to come and learn about and interact with. And it takes effort.
Understanding the Great Resignation
July 2021 saw 4M workers leave the workforce, with that number increasing in August and September. Largest age group? 30-45.
Know Your Broker: Andy Cavanaugh
Andy Cavanaugh has had a taste for running his own businesses since his teenage years, when he was mowing yards for cash.
Case Study #57: Built to Sell from the Start
If a business owner has to be there every day to open and close the business, that isn’t a business: it is a job.
IBBA and M&A Source Market Q2 2021
If you’re serious about selling a business, exit planning is the single action you can take today to improve your chances for success.
Know Your Broker: Ryan Wenrich
Having been a business owner multiple times, Ryan Wenrich is an Apex broker for whom business ownership isn’t a theory, but a way of life.
Know Your Broker: Chuck Campbell
Chuck Campbell came to Apex actually looking to buy a business, but realized it might make more sense to become a broker himself.