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Protecting Your Company Against Preference Lawsuits

From the Fort Worth Business Press: **************************** Protecting your company against preference lawsuits Robert Simon and Spencer Soloman – Guest Columnists What is a “preference” lawsuit? Your company sells to a long-time customer and delivers an invoice for $10,000. The customer pays the $10,000 thirty days after the invoice is due. Sixty days later, the […]

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Succeeding at Succession

A question frequently asked of us is the following one: “Is this a good time to sell a business?”  Our initial response is typically, “Why do you want to sell?” The most common reasons given for selling include one or more of the following. It’s time I retire. I have health issues. I have marriage/family […]

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Success Maxims (Part 9)

Kasper & Associates maintains faith in the American spirit and we believe in the power of positive thinking.  To that end, we’ve established a monthly posting to our blog – Success Maxims — a collection of our favorite motivational quotes, essays and leadership advice.  (For a complete collection, e-mail your mailing address to contact@kasperassociates.com.) SUCCESS MAXIMS […]

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Important Tax Alert

From friend of the firm, Marvin Blum, The Blum Firm, PC: IMPORTANT TAX ALERT! Although we have been hoping that there would be no major tax law changes until December 31, 2012, we are now concerned that significant changes could take effect before the end of 2011. Last month, Congress voted to increase the nation’s […]

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The Profitability of One Time Offers

Interesting sales perspective from our friend, Wes Schaeffer, “The Sales Whisperer”: _____________________________________ The Profitability of One Time Offers You’re In Business To Make A Profit, Right? The easiest, most profitable way to grow your business is to make a fantastic offer to a new prospect or customer the moment they identify themselves. Think about it. […]

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Success Maxims (Part 8)

Kasper & Associates maintains faith in the American spirit and we believe in the power of positive thinking.  To that end, we’ve established a monthly posting to our blog – Success Maxims — a collection of our favorite motivational quotes, essays and leadership advice.  (For a complete collection, e-mail your mailing address to contact@kasperassociates.com.) SUCCESS MAXIMS […]

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6 Reasons to Keep Your Business Small

From Inc.com: http://www.inc.com/articles/201108/6-reasons-to-keep-your-business-small.html 6 Reasons to Keep Your Business Small Author John Warrillow proposes an alternative to setting your sights on building a $200 million business: Focus on building a $2 million company instead. By John Warrillow | Aug 8, 2011   The generally-accepted dogma among entrepreneurs is “bigger is beautiful.” You’re nothing until you have some brand […]

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Don’t let your M&A deal end up in the rough

Think there’s nothing you can learn about M&A from Caddyshack?  Cantey Hanger’s Doug Clayton says there is! ******************** Acquiring knowledge by Doug Clayton Don’t let your M&A deal end up in the rough Premium content from Dallas Business Journal – by Doug Clayton, Contributing writer Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00am CDT Most of us […]

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Success Maxims (Part 7)

Kasper & Associates maintains faith in the American spirit and we believe in the power of positive thinking.  To that end, we’ve established a monthly posting to our blog – Success Maxims — a collection of our favorite motivational quotes, essays and leadership advice.  (For a complete collection, e-mail your mailing address to contact@kasperassociates.com.) SUCCESS MAXIMS […]

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Keeping it in the Family

In assisting our family business clients in making the right decisions for the futures of their companies, K&A believes it is important to examine all options.  This article highlights several issues to consider about passing a business to the next generation. ************ Corporate Governance: Keeping it in the Family When handing your company down from […]