One of my favorite stories of achievement relating to a Pacific Northwest athlete over the last decade is the one about Payton Pritchard.  Payton’s tale has evolved as he progressively took his game to higher plateaus in three stages.  In high school, Payton Pritchard was consistently the best player on the basketball court leading his…

Seth Rudin and I recently went to watch our IBA colleague, Jeff Bryan’s son, Colton, play for the 4A KingCo Championship. The game was a battle between two heavyweights where the Eastlake Wolves scored a go-ahead touchdown and two-point conversion with 31 seconds left to take a late lead.  However, Colton’s Bothell Cougars, showing the…

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…