Every environment creates business opportunities and challenges.  An unexpected midafternoon summer rain generates umbrella & rain poncho sale opportunities for retailers who previously purchased the now impulsively desired inventory, taxicab & Uber revenue from previously content pedestrians, and unanticipated food & beverage orders between traditional mealtimes for restauranteurs and bar owners from people attempting to…

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…

American Dream Achieved IBA, as an approximately 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,…