One of our many areas of expertise at the ABCO Group is helping business owners create effective exit strategies from their successful companies, ensuring a smooth transition for staff, and meeting all state and federal regulations. One popular exit strategy is the process of mergers
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The ABCO Group, formally the American Book Company (ABC), has been a stalwart in warehousing, logistics, and book distribution in East Tennessee since the mid-1990s. The previous five years, however, have seen the company shift its interests toward a broader range of strategic investment opportunities.
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We know that it’s been a rollercoaster of a year; rising fuel prices, inflation, and war in Europe. Now the time has come to bid farewell to 2022 and prepare for 2023. While setting New Year’s resolutions is admirable, we prefer to aim for success
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At some point in any business venture, it is prudent to sell. You have built a vibrant enterprise from the ground up, but different stages of life can reorient your goals. Whether retirement, overwork, or boredom, the chance to initiate a graceful (and cash-positive) exit
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Concerns about an impending recession continue to intensify. High inflation numbers, interest rate increases, and shrinking U.S. product grosses all point to a pullback. The biggest economies have stalled, leading many to forecast a gloomy financial outlook. Yet governments and experts insist that a recession has not
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Back in November of 2021, Forbes hosted an expert panel of business leaders where the Forbes Coaches Council shared 16 trends that will drive small businesses in 2022. Written just as life began to return to some regularity amidst the COVID pandemic, several of these
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If you’re anything like our clients and internal team, you can’t believe Q3 has already begun! It seems like just yesterday we were preparing our tips for planning out annual goals and success. But alas, here we are halfway through 2022. So let’s jump into
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It is the first year in quite a few that most people feel comfortable traveling again, and from what we’ve seen, hundreds of thousands of people are taking advantage of that opportunity. So, as a business owner, how do you handle your employees taking time
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Maybe you’ve wondered why news corporations in the United States report so widely on other nations when supposedly the story is all about the American economy. This all has to do with the topic of global economies, a recent topic of major contention amongst economists,
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