A professionally facilitated business purchase and sale transaction should have the following three foundational elements. An Environment of Full Disclosure Between the Parties – The best decisions are made from a foundation of knowledge. Entrepreneurship has enough risk without parties having to make decisions from an incomplete data set. Employment of Best Practices and The…

American Dream Achieved IBA, as a fifty-year old business brokerage firm serving the entrepreneurial community of the Pacific Northwest, has been uniquely positioned since before the American Bicentennial celebration of 1976 to witness and hear the stories of thousands of people who have lived the American dream through entrepreneurship creating beloved businesses by employees, customers,…

IBA, as the premier business brokerage firm in the Pacific Northwest, is firmly established as a respected professional service firm in the legal, accounting, banking, mergers & acquisitions, real estate, and financial planning communities.  Periodically, we will post guest blogs from professionals with knowledge to share for the good of owners of privately held companies…