Mike Jaczko - Max Bearisto

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Mike Jaczko, BSc. Phm, RPh, CIM, FEA, a pharmacist by background, is a portfolio manager, partner and member of KJ Harrison Investors, a Toronto-based private investment management firm servicing individuals and families across Canada. For more information on this topic, email [email protected] or visit www.kjharrison.com.

Max Beairsto, B.Sc. Pharm., MBA, CVA is a pharmacist and valuation analyst with Enterprise Valuators Corporation (EVCOR), an Edmonton-based business valuation firm that focuses on business valuations and sale advisory of small and mid-sized private companies. You can reach him at [email protected] or visit www.evcor.com.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

01/16/2024

12 business resolutions for pharmacist-owners in 2024

The new year – still fresh – presents an opportunity not only to look back at all that was accomplished over the past 12 months, but also to look ahead and set priorities for the new year.
11/28/2023

Year-end tax-loss selling for your pharmacy business

Tax-loss selling is an investment strategy that can lower your tax bill. Interested in knowing more? Does this apply to your pharmacy business? Read on.
11/14/2023

Selling your pharmacy? Win the mental game first

Many pharmacist-owners sell their companies and then find something in their lives is missing. They might have dreamed of retirement for a long time as a nirvana of comfort and leisure, but the reality turns out to be something different, and disappointing.
10/31/2023

From pharmacy owner to investor – the mindset change you need post-exit

To protect and grow a large sum of money like the one you (hope to) receive from the sale of your pharmacy business, you need to have a completely different mindset. After you sell, you are no longer an entrepreneur or business-builder. You are an investor.
09/28/2023

Someone wants to buy your pharmacy. Now what?

Selling a pharmacy is a big life event, and it will impact your financial and emotional well-being for a long time to come. It is not a decision to be taken lightly, no matter how flattered you might be. So, if a buyer comes calling, step back and take a breath. Let the first flush of emotion pass.
09/26/2023

5 key steps to sell your pharmacy

Selling a pharmacy can be a complicated, even daunting process. Legalese and accounting terms can get thrown around like spaghetti in a food fight, and even the most business-savvy pharmacist-owners can sometimes feel like they are caught in a tempest over which they have little control.
08/08/2023

Using life insurance in your pharmacy estate planning

Life insurance is often used as a solution to problems and needs identified in the estate planning process. Here we three estate planning strategies pharmacy business owners should consider that include life insurance: estate preservation; estate equalization; and business succession planning.
07/04/2023

The pharmacy sale cycle: strategic wealth planning for pharmacist-owners

Selling a pharmacy business is usually the biggest liquidity event of a pharmacist-owner’s life. Yet, in our experience advising pharmacist-owners, how they will integrate the proceeds of a business sale into their long-term financial planning is often something of a grey area.
06/27/2023

Looks aren't everything...but they sure can help sell your pharmacy

If you are selling your pharmacy business and want to maximize its value on the market, appearances matter.
06/13/2023

Accounting mistakes to fix now: a primer for your pharmacy

The good news is that most, if not all, of these mistakes are easily avoidable or – if you are currently making them – fixable. Yet remember: when you are thinking of selling your pharmacy, time is not your friend when it comes to getting your books in order.