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…

The Beatles on their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Album (An album still rated the best of all time in Great Britain over fifty years after its release:  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beatles-sgt-pepper-britain-favorite-album-737487/) composed a lyric that has always resonated with me, “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends”.  I have had the privilege…

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,…