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Ron Brasch and Una NG-Brasch Win 2013 Business and Arts Leader Award

Ron Brasch and Una Ng-Brasch were recently recognized as the Business Arts Leaders of the year at the sixth annual Business and Arts Lunch. The lunch, co-presented by the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance and COPPeR, the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, honors businesses and business leaders that support the arts and integrate […]

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Tax Strategies for Business Owners

The 2013 tax year will be a Brave New World for many closely-held business owners. A number of tax rates are increasing, depreciation incentives are ending, and then there’s the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Business owners face many new tax challenges in 2013. Business owners will want to identify how these many changes will affect

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Commercial Real Estate Financing Options for Owner-Users

Although we will occasionally complete a transaction without any type of leverage, the majority of our transactions involve some type of bank financing. In larger transactions involving strategic acquisitions and Private Equity Groups, the acquiring entity usually has financing relationships in place. However, for transactions under $5,000,000 involving individual acquirers or smaller companies, we usually

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Why it is Important to Pay Attention to Your Balance Sheet When Selling Your Business

I am currently involved with one of our associates in negotiating the sale of one our client’s companies. It is a desirable, growing business that attracted five offers from a diverse group of acquirers. Three of them are strategic industry buyers, one is a strategic buyer from a complementary industry, and one high net worth individual. Like many

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Going to Market Without a Price

As is typical at this time of year, we are seeing a significant amount of transaction activity.  Not only are we receiving year-end financial data from existing clients, but potential clients are providing information relative to valuation in anticipation of going to market.  Because valuations are front and center covering a significant portion of the surface area of

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