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 a fifty-one-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,…

Change is scary.  We all get into comfort zones professionally and in personal life where we continue time tested processes and resist change.  Technology improves over time and commonly enhances our lives.  It took Lewis & Clark approximately 18 months to travel from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean (They departed St. Louis on May…