Remembering Our Founder, Jack Boyle

On November 8, 2012 our last founding and namesake partner, Jack Boyle passed away. His obituary appeared in The Columbus Dispatch and we placed a memorial ad in Columbus Business First last week to celebrate his life and story. I [...]

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The Seven Most Common Mistakes Made in Selling Your Business

Last week, GBQ held a panel discussion titled The Seven Most Common Mistakes Made in Selling Your Business, in which we had approximately 50 clients and friends of the firm attend. A liquidity event usually represents the largest single financial [...]

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JOBS Act

While it is too early to tell, the recently passed JOBS  (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act which made its way through the House and Senate with rare speed, should make it easier for small companies to raise capital and to [...]

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March Madness in Columbus

Our national love affair with March Madness comes to Columbus this weekend. Columbus, like the rest of the country, is all wound up by the NCAA tournament. No matter what else people have on their schedule, they seem to have [...]

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Presidents Day

Accountants and bankers spend a fair amount of time together. We share client relationships, work collaboratively to develop and share financial data related to those clients, and often refer clients to one another. So, in general, we like bank buy [...]

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Super Bowl or Super Bust?

Admittedly, sports have not captured my attention anywhere near like they did when I was a boy growing up in Lorain, Ohio rooting for the Browns and Indians. My life moved beyond those young days when guys like Rocky Colavito [...]

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Group Think Re-Invented

Fifteen years ago, I remember my supervisor counseling me that in order to progress in my career, it was going to be important to develop my own individual thoughts, and to be able to articulate my positions and arguments effectively. [...]

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2012 is shaping up to be a good year

I wanted to share a few of my observations about what I am hearing and reading. So far, the economic news has been very solid. Equity markets are up close to 5% . While I would not say we are [...]

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‘Tis the Season for Giving

I read some amazing statistics today on Forbes.com.  Last week (November 28 to December 2), online sales for the holiday shopping season grew 15% over last year to a record $5.96 billion.  Three of the days that week had more [...]

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Not So Super Committee

Is everyone or anyone as disgusted with what is going on in Washington as I am?  I detest politics as is, but has it ever been worse than this? I cannot remember a time in my life…maybe we need to [...]

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