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UPDATES: Developments to the CARES Stimulus Package

Thursday, March 26, 2020 By Robert Jackson, CPA | COVID-19 Response Team We are close to having the stimulus package become law. The Apple Growth Partners’ COVID-19 Response Team is actively monitoring the continuous developments to communicate significant updates for clients. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, H.R. 748, passed the Senate …

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COVID-19 and Your Business’ Finances: Sunday, March 22 Update

Sunday, March 22, 2020 By Chuck Mullen, Chairman Remember the good old days, like in February, when going to the office was admirable and staying home in sweatpants was just something you didn’t talk about? My, how life has changed in a couple of short weeks. Apple Growth Partners remains committed to bringing you regular …

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COVID-19 and Your Business’ Finances: Saturday, March 21 Update

By Chuck Mullen, Chairman Saturday, March 21, 2020 I’m pretty sure I can’t hear the name “COVID-19” anymore without getting nauseous. We should have a contest to rename it.   This report is Apple Growth Partners’ second business financial COVID-19 update, in an effort to keep business leaders up to date on this “fluid” (another word I’m …

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Understanding the SECURE Act

By Susan Burnoski, CPA | Principal, Audit & Assurance Congress recently signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, resulting in easier savings for retirement and expanding access to more Americans. Retirement experts are calling the SECURE Act the most comprehensive retirement legislation over the last 10 years. The SECURE …

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Business Valuation 101 – Understanding the Basics

By Kimberly Robison, CPA | Senior Associate, Business Valuation Understanding and determining the value of a business is a service provided by trained and certified business appraisers. In domestic relations court, the court often turns to experienced and credentialed professionals to value marital assets, such as a privately held business. The first step to the …

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Ep35: How to “Lawyer-Proof” Your Business

Litigation is costly, exhausting, stressful, and sometimes, avoidable – if the business has the right proactive attorney. Alex Gertsburg, of Gertsburg Law Firm Co. and CoverMySix, is here to discuss the six most vulnerable areas for business owners and how working with a proactive attorney may save time out of the courtroom. Alex’s experience ranges …

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Ep28: Closing the Deal

Are you ready to Get Marvinized? Chuck & Brittany are joined by the Sales Doctor Marvin Montgomery to discuss how to revolutionize — or Marvinize — your company’s sales strategy. Marvin was an expert sales director for a national jewelry chain that started his own consulting agency to help executives sell themselves, their company, and …

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Ep27: Smart Banking for Business Owners

Growing to accommodate the changing landscape of Northeastern Ohio businesses, S&T Bank has expanded their locations and services to partner with local business owners. Steve Hendricks from S&T Bank joins Chuck and Brittany today to discuss how business owners should choose a smart bank for their business and how to set up for success. Using …

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Ep26: Protecting Your Intellectual Property

How do business owners protect their ideas, trade secrets, concepts, or inventions? Enter intellectual property attorney Luis Carrion from Cleveland law firm Renner Otto. Luis is an experienced and well-known IP attorney, representing clients in patent and trademark applications, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. He shares with Chuck & Brittany why business owners need to protect …

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