Blogs
How SCORE Can Help You Build Your Business
SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, is a nonprofit supported by the SBA that offers...
Case Study #13: Bought by the Competition
Mark Carlson bought Minnesota Mailing Solutions in 1998 for around $1M and grew the business over...
Book Club #12: The Dip, by Seth Godin
Seth Godin has been a prolific blogger and author for many years now. He is particularly dedicated...
2017/2018: Good Times to Buy and Sell a Business
2017 was an eventful year in many respects. Politics, cryptocurrency, and social issues were...
Case Study #12: The Right Multiple
In 1993 Dennis Hart founded Apex Media Sales (what a great name!). Apex focused on long-form...
Annual Meetings: Not Just for Shareholders
Most of you may be familiar with the “annual meetings” required by law for corporations. For small...
Book Club #11: What I Learned from Losing a Million Dollars, by Jim Paul
From the title, What I Learned from Losing a Million Dollars, you immediately get that Jim Paul...
Know Your Broker: Jerry Meinert
In this occasional series we will share profiles of our team here at Apex so you can get to know...
Case Study #11: Be Prepared to Walk
Before Jeff Hoffman became a cofounder of the Priceline group of companies, he built Competitive...
Book Club #10: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Elon Musk in our current time. He’s a combination of...
Case Study #10: Why DIY is a Bad Strategy for Selling a Business
Alexis Neely went into law to “save” her dad, who had started out wanting to be an entrepreneur,...
Family Businesses: Planning for Succession
Talking about succession planning for family owned businesses... Did you know that 7 out of 10...
Using Your Retirement Account to Acquire a Business
Talking about using your retirement account to acquire a business... We've previously discussed...
Book Club #9: The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Because college degrees carry (still) such an outsized weight of social proof, some business...
Case Study #9: Fishing Trips
John Bowen was the CEO of Reinhardt Werba Bowen (RWB), a financial services company that was...
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...
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...
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...
Is It Time to Revisit Why You’re Still Running Your Business?
As your business grows over the years, things change. You may come to find that the reasons you...
Keeping the Best Employees in a Sale
Selling a business is fraught with all sorts of challenges. One of the most important ones is how...