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Steps to Selling Your Business – Second Edition

We received such a positive response to our publication entitled “Steps to Selling Your Business…or…’How to Spend More Time on the Golf Course and Less Time Worrying About Your Financial Future’”, so we’ve put together a second edition: “The Back Nine”. Keeping with our golf theme, we address topics such as business valuation, seller expectations […]

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5 Trends Small Business Owners Need to Watch in 2025

From Entreprenuer.com 5 Trends Small Business Owners Need to Watch in 2025 By June Yuan Owners of small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) know better than most the challenges in staying ahead of the pace of change. Without the support of a large team, SMB leaders must wear many hats — from running product development or […]

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Legal Update on Corporate Transparency Act

In January and March of this year, we provided info on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires corporations to disclose ownership information. The reporting deadline was to be Dec. 31, 2024. However, this week the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the […]

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Lambert’s Ornamental Iron Sold

Lambert’s Ornamental Iron of Haltom City, Texas has been purchased by Lambert Forge, LLC, a newly formed holding company owned by entrepreneur and investor Tim Andres.  Founded in 1984 by Jimmy Lambert, the company specializes in the design, fabrication and installation of metal fences, gates, railings, stairs and steel structures.  Lambert’s caters to high-end residential […]

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Veterans Day 2024

K&A salutes all who have served and the family members that support them. Land of the free…because of the Brave. Special tribute here.

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America’s New Millionaire Class: Plumbers and HVAC Entrepreneurs

K&A has both experience in selling residential construction companies and relationships with buyers interested in acquiring them. When the time is right to sell your company, the M&A specialists at K&A are here to help find the best suitor for you. From the Wall Street Journal America’s New Millionaire Class: Plumbers and HVAC Entrepreneurs Private […]

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Steps to Selling Your Business

K&A has published a short presentation entitled “Steps to Selling Your Business…or…’How to Spend More Time on the Golf Course and Less Time Worrying About Your Financial Future’”, a lighthearted primer on a serious subject.  We use a golf theme to address common perceptions and misconceptions about the sale of a business with the hopes […]

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Entrepreneur Grief

Friend of the firm, Shane Bender, Founder of Bender CFO Services, writes about the emotions many business owners face when battling challenging circumstances. A Fractional CFO Talks about Entrepreneur Grief As a business owner, have you lost a major client or an employee or experienced a drought due to not getting many new customers?  Maybe […]

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The Economy: Bear, Bull or Deer?

If your career is in finance, banking or in manufacturing and distribution entities in Texas you most likely know that people want to do business here.  Of our two most recent transactions, the companies were sold to investors who had migrated to Texas. Today’s economic environment in states other than Texas is a rollercoaster few […]

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Matchmaking Business Specialists

MATCHMAKING BUSINESS SPECIALISTS At some point owners of closely held businesses, regardless of size, begin to think seriously about selling their ownership.  Reasons can be quite varied – estate planning, poor health, changing competitive environment, desire to “cash out” and do something else, etc., etc. When “Someday I’m going to sell this place” becomes “I […]