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Epic in The Fox Valley – David Eshoo
A Conversation with David B. Eshoo, President and Founder of Helping Hand IT Services & Networking, Inc., About Gardening for Ideas, His Kairos Time Tricks, and the Top 4 IT Blindspots for Most Businesses 1. How have you made a...
Epic in the Fox Valley – Phil Graf
A Conversation with Phil Graf, Founder of Graf Tree Care, About the Urban Forest, Fishing From the Air, and Why Taking Trees for Granted is a Big Mistake You've grown your company from two to more than a dozen people (including Ringo, the...
Epic in the Fox Valley – Austin Dempsey
Meet AUSTIN DEMPSEY, CEO of Batavia Enterprises, Inc., and Board President of the Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center You know this is Apex’s “Boooo! Taxes” issue. So I’ve heard.So let’s begin there. What are three words you would use to describe...
Epic in the Fox Valley
Meet GLORIA KELLEY, Executive Director for CASA Kane County CASA Kane County (CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates), serves more than 600 children who are abused and neglected within the Juvenile Court system. Your work can be...
17 Years Of Relentless Commitment To Our Clients’ Success
Apex was launched on October 16, 1998. I set up shop in the basement of my parent's home in West Chicago on a folding table and a Compaq computer with a 1-gig hard drive. I'm not afraid to admit I was a little scared that first day. I got a cup of...
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...
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