Quality of Earnings (QofE) providers are traditionally brought in on the sell-side when the owners of a company have made the decision to sell the business. During the QofE process, adjustments are ...

The Pillar Award for Community Service was developed by Smart Business to honor businesses and individuals dedicated to making Northeast Ohio a better place to live. The program is designed to ...

In the hypercompetitive world of M&A, talent is the ultimate key to success today and well into the future. The Smart Business Dealmakers Rising Stars program recognizes the industry’s most promising ...

Ahola Payroll & HR Solutions is a national leader in payroll and human resource solutions. The company exemplifies family business excellence, with over 50 years of innovation, integrity and ...

A friend of mine who’s thinking about retirement told me over lunch that they recently read a book titled, “How To Retire and Not Die.” Intrigued, I purchased a copy and read it. Excellent. The book’s ...

Inspired by the famous tale about Aladdin’s genie who emerged from a magic lamp to grant wishes, Fady Chamoun built Aladdin’s with the same goal: “to make people’s wishes come true.” Whether it’s a ...

What does it really mean to think “outside the box?” It’s a refrain that has been used for decades at this point, so much so that we no longer reflect on it. Simply put, it means to think outside the ...

A legal firm or corporate legal department’s organizational knowledge consists largely of its accumulated data, documents, even email that has important legal information about either a legal ...

The U.S. trades with more than 200 countries and each trade agreement has a wide range of goods, services, tariff levels and other unique stipulations. Policy decisions on international trade made by ...

With tariffs increasing pricing on select industries and items, this could influence consumers to revisit brick-and-mortar stores for the best possible deals while also avoiding delivery fees. This is ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the M&A landscape, improving execution speed, accuracy and analytical depth. As dealmaking becomes increasingly complex and data-intensive, AI’s adoption is ...

We are in the midst of The Great Ownership Transfer, a demographic megatrend where Baby Boomer business owners are seeking to retire, prompting a surge in private company sales. Owners should prepare ...