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Keys to Improving the Value of Your CompanyThe practical housekeeping that raises what buyers pay: clean books, a strong reputation, a lean balance sheet and finished paperwork.
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Do You Really Know the Value of Your Company?Why a yearly, realistic estimate of your company's value matters, what it should include, and how to use it even if you are not selling.
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Your Company’s Undocumented WorthHow to find the value your financial statements miss, from market position to people, and turn it into evidence buyers will pay for.
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Does Your Asking Price Truly Matter?What an inflated or low asking price costs a seller, and why a competitive process often works better than a published number.
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How Does Your Business Compare? Scoring Your Value DriversA simple scorecard for rating your company on the drivers buyers price, and how to turn weak scores into a plan before a sale.
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Valuing the Business: Some Difficult IssuesThe transfer issues that complicate a valuation: contracts needing consent, franchise and license approvals, doubtful inventory and unfinished work.
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Two Similar Companies, Big Difference in ValueWhy growth rate so often explains a large value gap between similar companies, and the questions buyers use to test a growth story.
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Selling Your Company for Maximum Value: What the Presentation CoversThe main ideas behind selling a company for maximum value, and how professional groups can request the firm's presentation on the subject.
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Three Basic Factors of EarningsThe three tests buyers apply to your earnings: quality, sustainability after the sale, and verification, and how each affects an offer.
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What is the Value of Your Business? It All Depends.Why the reason for a valuation changes the answer, how value differs from price, and which kind of valuation you actually need.
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Creating Value in Privately Held CompaniesThe six areas that create value in a privately held company, and why they matter whether you sell, keep or pass on the business.
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What Would Your Business Sell For?A step-by-step way to estimate what your company would sell for: the right earnings measure, where your multiple sits, and what the price covers.