Masks off.  Lipstick on.  Lipstick sales have grown 37% in 2022 versus 2021 through October. The strong revenues are also likely correlated with the present economic environment by what has been called the “The Lipstick Index” ( https://www.npd.com/news/blog/2022/the-evolution-of-the-lipstick-index/).  The Lipstick Index essentially says that when consumers are forced to cut back on discretionary purchases, they…

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,…

Two of American history’s most famous inventors, Thomas Edison & Nikola Tesla, “flipped the switch” as entrepreneurs creating the electrical power industry approximately 150 years ago (https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-war-of-the-currents).  Their scientific creations planted seeds in an economic garden that has grown substantially in size and diversity as the needs of society evolved from the 1870’s to today. …