Ben and I talk about why it’s important for businesses to get themselves sorted from a legal perspective then we delve deeper into four general areas of legal risk that business owners should be thinking about covering off first. I call these areas legal landmines, which can blow up in your face at any time if you don’t get them sorted right away.

Welcome to the second half of our 2-part series with Paolo Lencioni of APL Accountants. In this episode, we go through 4 lessons that Paolo offers to entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting a business, and to business owners who are in that growth phase and maybe gearing up for a sale into the future.

Today we are joined by serial startup entrepreneur Paolo Lencioni - the director, senior accountant and software project manager at APL Accountants. Together Paolo and I talk about the lessons he has picked up from his experience in starting, building and selling multiple businesses.

Trademark infringement is where a competitor in the marketplace is using or misusing your trademarks in the marketplace in relation to the same sorts of goods and services that you provide. Pursuing infringers is actually quite simple but there's a lot of things you can do wrong if you don't know what the process is. So in this episode, we'll run you through our list of top tips to stop competitors from using and abusing your trademarks.

Issues relating to property lease is a common reason for delays in mergers and acquisitions transaction. In this episode, we hope to help parties in a business sale avoid these leasing issues and ultimately save more time, money and energy in the process.

We reach out to Peter Diaz, who is a workplace psychology and mental health expert, and together we explore the wide range of emotions associated with selling a business and offer some helpful tips in successfully navigating this emotional journey.

Today we talk to Natasha Hawker, the Director of the recruitment and HR advisory company - Employee Matters and together we drill into how you can potentially minimise employee disputes within your organisation by investing on training and development for your managers.

Put and call options are a useful way of allowing parties to enter into an agreement to sell or acquire shares of a business at a future date. In this episode, we’ll give you a quick overview of what put and call options are, when they are commonly used and the important considerations you ought to bear in mind before using them in your share-purchase agreements.

A recent report from the ACCC quoted $340 Million worth of combined financial losses for individuals and businesses in 2017 due to scams. Today, we’re hoping to help put you on notice about the sorts of things that you might be receiving that you should be extraordinarily wary of.

To continue our interview with Neil, today we drill into his encounters with accountants and brokers in the M&A space. We have great tips on what business owners ought to look for when choosing the right advisor to assist you in your business sale. And of course, on the flip side, Neil also gives some excellent advice for our accountants and brokers who want to get ahead and provide more value to their clients.