Business valuation tips, updates and advice. Pick up a few suggestions on how to value a business. Feel free to browse the contents or share your thoughts by leaving a comment.
Cataclysmic events such as deadly pandemics are a major risk to people and businesses everywhere. Business value is all about risk and return. So it should come as no surprise that risky times bring changes to business values. What do the public capital markets tell us about the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic? Just take… Continue Reading
Is there a project you can take on without the threat of infection? Yes indeed! Catch up on your business valuations in the comfort and safety of your home or office. Do your business valuation – and avoid the crowds Get your business valuation software on your laptop or desktop computer, sit back, do some… Continue Reading
You may wonder: is it possible to use the established business valuation methods and still come up with erroneous results? You bet. Moreover, it happens all the time, even in professional business appraisals. The culprit is, as usual, between the chair and the computer screen, as the saying goes. Put seriously, your assumptions, depth of… Continue Reading
If you are considering doing a business valuation, prepare to face the inevitable: you will need to equip yourself with a business valuation software to do the job. Business valuation on a Mac and PC is the new normal Most business people and professionals are armed with an array of computing devices these days. Think… Continue Reading
The 2020 – 2021 update to the venerable USPAP standards is out and there are some changes you should know about. Perhaps the most noteworthy is the change to the format of the Restricted Appraisal report. It is now allowed to include additional parties as the intended audience besides the client. This works as long… Continue Reading
It should come as no surprise that cyber crooks are always after your money. So doing business valuations makes you a most desirable target for the criminals. Think about it – business valuation deals with money, lots of it. In fact, business ownership may be the most valuable possession people hold. Yes, business values even… Continue Reading
Business valuation software for your Mac evolves all the time. Both the capital markets and technology shifts demand this constant change. Take our ValuAdder for example. We publish regular updates to the valuation data, new technology that comes online, and, perhaps most importantly, data security updates. Mac business valuation software keeps changing Software that is… Continue Reading
If you are looking to figure out what a private business is worth, a natural tendency is to check the market for guidance. Think about it – whenever you need a product or service, a key question is how much to shell out. The question of a reasonable price for an asset is usually seen… Continue Reading
When it comes to business valuation, the market approach reigns supreme. Think about it – where else can you glean the values of businesses better than from the active, observable market place where companies change hands every day? Unsurprisingly, the International Valuation Standards or IVS for short, accord a special place to the market-based valuation… Continue Reading
Valuing a business? Then you would do well to heed the requirements of the USPAP standards. USPAP is a short form for the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. And these renowned standards govern valuation of all types of assets, including real and personal property, collectibles, and businesses. USPAP standard 9 covers business valuation. In… Continue Reading
To the uninitiated it may come as a surprise: there are a number of proven methods you can use to value a business in any industry. It puzzles some business people. After all, they say, my business is unique. And valuing it may differ from valuation of companies that differ vastly. Right? Well, yes and… Continue Reading
Half the battle in business valuation is to clearly state what is being valued. Your business appraisal would be misleading unless you define what equity or debt capital you have included in your value calculations. Equity is just another term for owners’ interest in the business. If you are valuing a corporation this ownership interest… Continue Reading
No surprises there – business valuation delves into some pretty sensitive information. Think about it – generally no public record of a private company financial performance, let alone its value exists. Business owners are not usually ecstatic telling the world how much they are worth. If a private business is put up for sale, business… Continue Reading
Ever wonder why business appraisers take their time to come up with an accurate, defensible opinion of value? If you thought the devil is in the details, you are on the right track. What is included in your business valuation? To keep things interesting, business valuation can measure business value to just about any definition.… Continue Reading
Apple ups the ante again on the security front. All MacOS software apps require notarization. That’s in addition to the Apple Developer ID code signing your MacOS system already checks to identify the software products and their developers as reputable and safe. Apple demands independent software notarization Why this additional security requirement? Apple uses notarization… Continue Reading