Blogs
Book Club #7: ZAG, by Marty Neumeier
Marty Neumeier’s short slide-presentation book, ZAG, at 192 pages, is one of the shortest books...
Case Study #7: Sold to a Competitor
Sold to a Competitor Andrew Yang was the CEO of Manhattan GMAT when he sold to a competitor,...
Understand the Benefits of a Quality Banking Relationship
Whether you're building your business to sell one day or thinking about buying a business for the...
Be Realistic About Your Cash Flow Adjustments
One of the most important steps in getting a business ready for sale is preparing for a valuation....
Book Club #6: The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
Disruption seems to be a constant in the “you economy” of today. Taxis and even public transport...
Case Study #6: What You Don’t Know Can Absolutely Hurt You
Today Erik Huberman runs Hawke Media, which is an outsourced digital CMO agency that works with...
Offer to Purchase: An Apex Signature Service That Saves Time and Money
We’ve written about Letters of Intent here on the blog before in an effort to make sure our...
What is a Letter of Intent? Part 3 of 3: Stories from the Trenches
In the second part of this Letter of Intent series, we focused on the structure of an LOI (Letter...
Book Club #5: How to Win at the Sport of Business, by Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is a man who needs no introduction. He’s best known today as one of the sharks in the...
Case Study #5: Don’t Be Lopsided
In 1994 Rick Day founded Daycom Systems. It started by selling used telecom equipment, but over a...
What is a Letter of Intent? Part 2 of 3: Structure
In the first part of this series, we focused on the purpose of a LOI (Letter of Intent). In this...
What is a Letter of Intent? Part 1 of 3: Purpose
You will often hear us state in our blog articles Stephen Covey’s well-known maxim: “Begin with...
Book Club #4: Small Giants, by Bo Burlingham
We review books you should read in preparation to buy or sell a business, as well as how to build...
Case Study #4: The Phantom Buyer
Years ago Trent Dyrsmid was one of the principals of Dyrand Systems, a Vancouver-based IT firm. He...
Slack: Simplifying Business Communication One User at a Time
“I love email.” Said nobody, ever. There's been so much that has evolved in the last 25 years in...
What You Need to Know About the SBA
Here at Apex, the majority of our deals are related to the Small Business Administration (SBA) in...
Book Club #3: The Automatic Customer, by John Warrillow
We review books you should read in preparation to buy or sell a business, as well as how to build...
Case Study #3: The Boomerang Sale
In 1986 David Phelps started a dental practice called the Gentle Dental. 20 years later, for a...
Why You Should Hire for Cultural Fit First
If Millennials have added anything to the conversation around hiring these days, it's the idea...
Should You Have a Business Partner?
“A contract isn’t in place for when things go right. It’s to account for the possibility that...