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…

Fifty years ago, in the Rose City of Portland, Oregon, a group of knowledgeable, experienced, highly skilled individuals led by IBA’s founder, G. William Ososke, identified an opportunity to professionally work in the fertile soil of the small business community of the Willamette Valley brokering the sale of privately held companies and family businesses. Early…

Autumn often triggers memories for me of my first love of my life, basketball, and profession after graduating from the University of Texas, as a college basketball coach.  Team success on the basketball court is built on execution of individual fundamentals within a framework of strategic objectives designed to achieve specific end results.  For example,…