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Apex rolls out its new Capabilities Brochure
We are always relentlessly committed to our client’s success! Our Firm has been working hard to refine our service offering to cater to the needs of the growth minded business owner. We encourage you to check out our new Capabilities Presentation...
Apex hosts its first “Apex Bucks” Silent Auction
As a way to encourage its team to contribute to the firm's strategic initiatives, our firm rolled out its very first Company-sponsored silent auction! Team members receive Apex Bucks every time they are recognized for going above and beyond to make...
Meet Lucas VanDeWoestyne, CPA, CGMA
• Passionate about helping people achieve business and personal goals • Loves hanging with family – and cars • At Apex, he’s “the helper” • Grew up in Silvis, Ill. and married his high school sweetheart • Treasurer for the Elgin Youth Symphony...
7 Habits of Small Business Owners Who Think Ahead of the Curve
Diana is a business owner of a popcorn company. She's busy leading, working, delivering, packaging, presenting and planning. Some call her a nonstop force of energy. She hasn't taken a vacation in three years. Jack, on the other hand, is always the...
From One Business Owner to Another: Letting Go is the Best Way to Grow
We’ve doubled the size of Apex in two years, and it never would have happened if I hadn’t stepped aside. It hurt to let go. But if I hadn’t, I knew we would never be anything more than a few people with a nice, little office working at capacity in...
5 Questions for Companies That Want to be Around in 2025
KEY TAKEAWAYS: 1. Business owners who unchain from the business create opportunities for growth and sustainability. 2. Build a business that produces an income stream for the business owner — without his or her active involvement. 3. The more...
The Beauty Behind Tax Benefits for Zazú Salons
Sam Segretto has built a business on making people look beautiful. He, his wife, and three sons own the upscale Zazú salons with locations in Chicago, Hinsdale, Wheaton and Naperville. Being a business owner is never part-time. “We live it,” he...
From Tax Break to Business Break: How Successful Execs Leverage the Competitive Advantage of Being Present
Ben Basar has climbed mountain peaks all over the country, skied the toughest black diamonds, navigated turbulent white waters, and logged endless miles by mountain bike. He has a degree in adventure education – emphasis on “adventure.” Then there...
Moving the Needle: 5 Goals Every Business Owner Should Target in 2018
By Lucas VanDeWoestyne, CPA, CGMA and COO of Apex CPAs & Consultants Almost every weekend, I work on my black Cadillac CTS-V (a race inspired version of the CTS; if you are a car buff like me, you’ll appreciate this). Now, I absolutely could...
7 Tips for Making More Profit So You Can Have More Time to Do the Things You Love
Life is short. So get unchained and enjoy more of it! At Apex, we help business owners build and operate strong, growing, healthy and profitable businesses so the business works for you and gives you “freedom from the day-to-day.” Here are seven...
Think Strategically for Business Growth!
If you are like most business owners, the thought of business growth is exciting! You have the passion to succeed and the battle scars to prove it. Perhaps it’s been your sheer will, a lot of hard work, some sleepless nights and even a little luck...
Budget for Growth. Put your Money to Work!
No one likes to be limited – least of all business owners and leaders. Restrict. Limit. Constrain. Confine. For most people, these are what usually come to mind when you hear the word budget. You have probably set up a personal budget that helps...
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