Mike Jaczko - Max Bearisto
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- 9/20/2022
Time to meet your pharmacy transition accountants
We would suggest that planning for selling your business is a good opportunity to review your current accountant, their experience and their abilities. - 9/13/2022
How to choose your transition lawyer
Selling your pharmacy is not just a financial transaction, but a legal one, and it behooves you to consult a lawyer early in the process. - 9/6/2022
How to pick your pharmacy transition team’s lead advisor
If you are planning to exit your pharmacy business, you need a good team of advisors on your side. It should include an accountant, a corporate lawyer, a tax expert and a financial advisor, but the single most important member is the team lead – a “quarterback” who will ensure the players are working together and who will represent your interests from start to finish. - 8/30/2022
Assembling your pharmacy transition team
All babies are beautiful – to their parents. It can be the same with a business. After spending years, even decades, building their pharmacy, surviving through the hard times and celebrating the good, many owners have a difficult time seeing their “baby” for what it truly is. - 7/12/2022
Benchmarking your pharmacy's inventory turnover
Let’s face it: inventory can be a pain to manage. But handling inventory effectively is vital to the success of any retail operation. Doing it right means achieving a delicate balance. - 6/28/2022
Watch your automatic renewal contracts!
Pharmacy owners invariably enter into a variety of agreements as part of the normal course of business. Unfortunately, we see many owners who have not read their contracts before they sign them. This is always a bad idea because what you don’t know can hurt you! - 6/7/2022
Buying real estate – how to give money to your children
With interest rates rising, the housing market seems to be in a state of flux. The direction of housing prices – up, down or sideways – is a hot topic of conversation around dinner tables and office watercoolers, which is hardly surprising given how much wealth Canadians have tied up in their homes. - 5/31/2022
Benchmarking your pharmacy’s professional services performance
Effective benchmarking is an essential step towards boosting your pharmacy’s performance, and professional services – so often a grey area for pharmacist-owners – is a great place to start. - 5/24/2022
Thinking of buying a second pharmacy? You might want to read this first.
To successfully acquire a pharmacy, you need to collect adequate information from reputable sources, understand the regulatory environment and sources of revenue, utilize trusted professionals, and be wary of irrational enthusiasm. - 5/17/2022
What's your exit strategy? How to tell when it's time to shut your pharmacy's doors
We are often asked by our clients, “How long will it take for you to sell my pharmacy," to which they seem to expect an answer of “three to six months.” A better question is: how long will it take to plan and execute my exit correctly?
