by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies
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 life of...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies
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 the bustling town of...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies
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 future-proofed a company...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies, Tax Planning
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 says. “It’s 24 hours,...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies, Tax Planning
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 was the car accident...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Strategies, Tax Planning
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 just start adding...