When you read the philosophy on the Lynx website and start to meet the Lynx team, they talk about being a people-first company and I think that everybody says it; it’s the basic HR thing to say, “we love our people, we support our people, people are the key factor in all of our decision-making” but with Lynx, it genuinely is.

I think if you look at Lynx's growth over the three and a half years since I joined Blind Bay Village Grocer, it’s been remarkable to see what you guys have done and I do believe that's because you never waver from your core values and when you're genuine and your people come first, it's just as simple as what we do in the store. If I look after my key 20 people, they look after the next 80, and those 80 look after the 2,200 people that come in our store everyday. It's a good way to live your life and you should run your business the way you want to live your life; having fun and treating people well.

As a lifelong employee at Austin Graphics, (36 years) Lynx Equity was the 5th acquisition I had been through with our print company.

Four owners, three name changes, and one merger. With each passing of the torch, a different mindset would reign with their ideas and grandeurs of what the company would be. Some for the better, some not so much. My initial meeting with Brad Nathan and Marvin Pludwinski was what I thought to be another “oh yay - here we go...” The old saying of the word 'assume' would be a good analogy, as my 10+ years with Succession/Lynx Equity has been nothing of what I assumed. They have put great faith and trust in me from the date of purchase and they have supported me in all our ups and downs. My life has been much richer from the day I met Brad & Marvin. I have been given opportunity, education and yes, some frustrations — life’s not perfect. I am extremely fortunate to say I don't work for Lynx, I work with Lynx; an extended friendship and an extended family.

Lynx was the perfect solution for our company transition plan as it supported our desire to continue to work for the company we built while allowing for a seamless future exit.

In addition, the Lynx model gave us the assurance our employee's jobs were secure and we could still deliver the same high-quality service to our valued clients. An added bonus has been having the resources of a larger company at our disposal including the support of our Lynx Operations Manager and the HR team

I never felt I would stay on and continue running the company but Lynx made it so worth it.

During the due diligence and purchase phase, Lynx was very understanding, thoughtful and professional and it’s still true to this day (14 years later). I feel we share the same goals and part of family and not so much a large corporation

From Lynx’s first visit through to the signed purchase and sales agreement our experience dealing with Lynx was very positive and professional.

We were both working towards the same goal of making a smooth and successful transition to ensure the long-term future of our organization. Since the sale, we are now happy to be part of the Lynx family of companies.