by Andrew Cassin | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog
A business owner posed this question the other day, and it is a question that is doubtless playing on the consciousness of many. In fact, it is an oft-asked question, and one with only one really logical answer when you think about it: Yes. Now is the perfect time...
by Andrew Cassin | Dec 1, 2013 | Blog
The extent of insufficient retirement funding and poor exit/succession planning appears to have been laid bare over the past few months, with a number of studies pouring cold water on broader expectations for the retirement plans of the Baby Boomer generation. ...
by Andrew Cassin | Sep 2, 2013 | Blog
Conventional wisdom tells us that we learn more from our failures than from our successes. With this in mind, a review of failed transactions of recent years has allowed me to compile a fairly rigorous list of pitfalls that derailed business sales, so that I may...
by Andrew Cassin | Jul 17, 2013 | Blog
Having read through the many and varied surveys and research reports conducted in Australia, the USA, the UK and Canada that relate to business sale/succession intentions, preparation and readiness, a familiar pattern in the statistics has emerged. Yes, the Pareto...
by Andrew Cassin | Oct 28, 2012 | Blog
Business acquisitions can be complex at the best of times, so it is always useful to be able to distil key principles into simple, memorable sound bites. Whilst I can lay claim to some pearls of wisdom, most I pick up during my day-to-day interactions with M&A...
