The Importance of Valuing Your Business Before a Partnership Buyout
- Apr 25, 2023
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The Importance of Valuing Your Business Before a Partnership Buyout
Apr 25, 2023
Like any other business arrangement, business partnerships typically come to an end at some point. In fact, statistics suggest that roughly 70% of business partnerships ultimately fail. There are numerous...
Key Considerations When Buying a Business
- Mar 23, 2023
Key Considerations When Buying a Business
Mar 23, 2023
Client comes into our office: “I want to buy a business.” CAPSTONE: “What type of business are you looking for?” Client: “I don’t know, just one that makes a lot of money.” CAPSTONE: “How...
Navigating The Environmental Site Assessment Process
- Feb 17, 2023
Navigating The Environmental Site Assessment Process
Feb 17, 2023
In today’s environment, many small businesses lease the facility or office space in which they operate. However, businesses that wish to purchase or sell commercial property should expect to go through...
Navigating Bank Lending In Business Transactions
- Jan 30, 2023
Navigating Bank Lending In Business Transactions
Jan 30, 2023
Short of having a suitcase full of money at hand, working with a bank will be part of the process in almost every merger & acquisition or refinancing transaction. Very often banks will have underwriting...
What Is Your Business Really Worth?
- Dec 29, 2022
What Is Your Business Really Worth?
Dec 29, 2022
If you are considering selling in the next few years, it’s essential to get a realistic idea of what your business is worth. In our experience working with business owners, on an often daily basis,...
CAPSTONE Case Study: Home Security Business
- Dec 5, 2022
CAPSTONE Case Study: Home Security Business
Dec 5, 2022
The CFO of a conglomerate based in Middle Tennessee was referred to CAPSTONE by Brentwood Capital Advisors due to our experience with the home security industry and smaller middle-market companies. CAPSTONE...
CAPSTONE Case Study: Dock Building and Metal Works Business
Nov 7, 2022
A Successful Inter-Family Transfer, 4 Years in the Making Chuck and Rich first met the owner of a dock building and metal works business in 2018. The owner was in his mid-60s and starting to think...
Why you need a Confidentiality Agreement
- Jan 25, 2021
Why you need a Confidentiality Agreement
Jan 25, 2021
A confidentiality agreement is a legal agreement that essentially forbids both buyers and sellers, as well as related parties such as agents, from disclosing information regarding the transition. ...
Jill Johnston Joins the CAPSTONE Team
- Jun 3, 2020
Jill Johnston Joins the CAPSTONE Team
Jun 3, 2020
We are pleased to announce Jill Johnston has joined CAPSTONE Business Advisors, LLC. She will serve as a Senior Director, directly involved in assisting and advising our clients in the growth of their...
Update: April 24, 2020
- Apr 24, 2020
Update: April 24, 2020
Apr 24, 2020
As we find our way through these unprecedented times, often the negative news has overpowered the positive. Though 2020 has been difficult, we would like to share a few successes CAPSTONE has helped our...
Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
- Apr 4, 2020
Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
Apr 4, 2020
Our nation's small businesses are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the CARES Act, which contains...
Challenging Times: COVID 19 and Your Business
- Mar 30, 2020
Challenging Times: COVID 19 and Your Business
Mar 30, 2020
At the risk of being redundant, CAPSTONE wishes all our friends, family and business associates the very best of health during these trying times. As we are all being inundated with data and information,...
CAPTIVE INSURANCE
- Jun 19, 2019
CAPTIVE INSURANCE
Jun 19, 2019
From time to time, we hear of tools that may benefit us and our business. Too often, we either don’t have time to fully investigate their application, don’t understand their use or rely on our uninformed...
Beyond Startups
- Apr 22, 2019
Beyond Startups
Apr 22, 2019
When you live in a “silicon valley” hub of any industry, you tend to get overwhelmed by all of the new startups driven by brilliant ideas and seemingly eager investors. While most people will acknowledge...
Why Cybersecurity Should Be a Top-Down Strategic Business Conversation
Mar 12, 2019
Cybersecurity has been a bottom-up discussion when it should be a top-down strategic business conversation. In our business environment, acquisitions are prevalent. We want you to be aware of the operational...
CAPSTONE Announcement on the Passing of Bill Cook
- Jan 18, 2019
CAPSTONE Announcement on the Passing of Bill Cook
Jan 18, 2019
On December 22, 2018, Bill Cook passed peacefully to be with the Lord. There are lots of words that can be and will be said about Bill. I’m not even sure any of my words could begin...
What are you going to do with proceeds from the sale of your business?
Oct 29, 2018
A recent Fidelity Charitable study finds entrepreneurs leading the way in philanthropy. Entrepreneurs donate on average 50% more than others. Philanthropy is particularly top of mind when owners are making...
Announcement Regarding the Release of Executive Summaries
Oct 16, 2018
In an effort to maximize the technology we have at our fingertips, CAPSTONE Business Advisors will begin distributing the Executive Summaries of clients (anonymously) at least quarterly. These represent...
Protecting Your Assets With The Tennessee Investment Services Trust
Mar 5, 2018
In the past year, we have been introduced to the Tennessee Investment Services Trust (TIST). As we have become more familiar with it, it has become more apparent to us that many of our clients could...
DOL Overtime Rule Declared Invalid
- Sep 28, 2017
DOL Overtime Rule Declared Invalid
Sep 28, 2017
DOL Overtime Rule Declared Invalid As a follow up to a notice dated July 29, 2014: Just in time for Labor Day, a federal judge in Texas put an end to the Obama-era Department of Labor overtime rule tracked...
Mr. Charles R. Howell IV. Joins CAPSTONE as a Senior Director
Jun 22, 2017
CAPSTONE Business Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce its affiliation with Mr. Charles R. Howell IV. Chuck joins CAPSTONE as a Senior Director. Chuck graduated from The University of Tennessee...
Is Now the Right Time to Sell Your Business?
- May 31, 2017
Is Now the Right Time to Sell Your Business?
May 31, 2017
At lunch with a financial advisor recently, we discussed economic conditions and how they were impacting our clients. She observed their research indicated many Baby Boomer aged clients were still...
ESOP – Is it an Option for My Exit Strategy?
- Mar 7, 2017
ESOP – Is it an Option for My Exit Strategy?
Mar 7, 2017
A few years ago, December 2013 to be exact, with the help of Gregory Brown, now a partner at Holland & Knight in Chicago, we presented this email because of interest that is periodically raised about...
Who Sits on Your Personal Board of Directors?
- Feb 28, 2017
Who Sits on Your Personal Board of Directors?
Feb 28, 2017
My wife and I recently received the WINTER 2016-2017 “Financial Perspectives” from Raymond James. The core of this letter focused on “Building your Financial Team: Who Should make the Cut?” The...
Do You Understand the Other Side?
- Feb 7, 2017
Do You Understand the Other Side?
Feb 7, 2017
As we weather the recent election and the attendant rhetoric, I was reminded of a book I read years ago: How to Speak How to Listen by Theodore Adler. The conclusion I reached from this...
The Reality of Virtual Reality
- Aug 9, 2016
The Reality of Virtual Reality
Aug 9, 2016
How prepared do you believe you are for the future? In 1970, I attended an Officer Call at Ft. Gordon. After a couple of hours of Ohio State Police films of accidents, a Military Police Captain...
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