Blogs
Covid Questions from Banks, Part I
Covid is causing banks to ask more questions. Here are some of the questions they’re asking our clients as they pursue traditional financing.
Know Your Broker: A Day in the Life
Our role is to professionally deal with challenges that keep buyers and sellers from completing a transaction. Our secret weapon: experience.
Case Study #40: A Covid and Due Diligence Casualty
In this case study about Garden Bar, we focus on the importance of due dilligence when it comes to investors and the potential impact of COVID-19 on a sale.
Office Space and Remote Work in the “New Normal”
As the lockdown continues and businesses adjust, a new normal has begun to take shape. This may affect commercial real estate for generations.
Five Steps to Selling a Business
Make sure you have operational support as you’re going through the five steps of selling your business. Working on a business sale is a part-time job.
Business in 2020: Catching a Falling Knife
Feeling paralyzed about what to do in 2020? Let’s talk. This isn’t our first major financial shock. We have great advice and guidance for you.
Book Club #23: Tribe of Mentors, by Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is most known for his bestselling book The Four Hour Work Week. His newest book is Tribe of Mentors and features questions for high achievers.
Case Study #39: E&J Gallo Acquire Barefoot Cellars
Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan turned $300,000 worth of unlabeled wine into an attractive acquisition for E&J Gallo through persistence and planning.
Questions for Buyers to Ask, Part 3
There are so many questions you can ask sellers about the business you’re considering buying from them. In Part 3 of the series, we give you 5 more!
Entrepreneurial Tips from Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely’s recent Masterclass has some excellent tips about mindset and tactics when building a company in any field. We include three of them here!
Case Study #38: Removing Yourself from the Scaffolding
Don’t wait until you’ve run out of gas to prepare for a sale. It takes time, so start early. Your buyer might take advantage of you being “done.”
Know Your Broker: Debbie Small
As Apex’s 2019 Broker of the Year, Debbie remains as driven to achieve as she did when she was a young girl flipping through business magazines!
Paycheck Protection Program: The Latest
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) story has developed significantly since we mentioned funds would be made available to support small businesses.
Case Study #37: Built for Communities, Acquired by Cracker Barrel
Scott Moore built Maple Street Biscuit Company. His confidence and willingness to take on risk was vindicated in a $36M acquisition by Cracker Barrel.
Book Club #22: Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss
Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It with strategies from Chris Voss including Mirroring, The 7/38/55 Rule and the Accusation Audit.
Business Owners Must Act: Strategy, Finances, Marketing and Administration
Right now, business owners don’t have the luxury to process and grieve: they have to act and do so decisively. Here are some strategic actions to consider.
Don’t Panic: Business Buying and Selling in the Age of COVID-19
We continue to tell our clients here at Apex: don’t panic. Those who keep their heads when everyone is losing theirs will prosper when conditions improve.
ACT Fast for SBA Funding!
CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): Additional guidance is needed from the SBA on how banks are to start processing applications.
Case Study #36: Airline Software and the Value of a Patent
Timothy O’Neil-Dunne has been an aviation and travel insider for years and his most recent...
More Key Questions for Buyers to Ask
Some time back, we took a high level view of the types of questions that buyers in a transaction...