Business Investing

Owning a business and owning the right kind of business for you are, of course, two wildly different things.  Owning the wrong kind of business can make you absolutely miserable.  So if you are considering buying a business, it is prudent that you invest the...

Thinking about whether or not you are ready to exit is an important question.  It’s something that every business owner will have to address at some point.  Importantly, you don’t want to wait until the 11th hour to prepare to sell your business.  There are...

Growth is happening all around us these days (Coronavirus notwithstanding).  Locally in Grand Junction we're seeing businesses expanding and the real estate market is ripe with new home developments.  In this recent article by Axial.com  on M&A market trends for 2020 one area that stood...

The following are outtakes from a recent 2020 Economic Forecast presentation by Charlie Dougherty of Wells Fargo Securities. The entire slide deck presentation can be found here.  The general outlook for the country, and more specifically for Colorado, is positive.  Most indicators lean towards continuing...

Real businesses make products and sell them for a profit. They focus on customers, revenue and profitability not investors, valuations and the next fundable milestone. Real businesses prioritize their customer’s needs over their customer’s eyeballs. They have a functioning business model, not a believable financial...